Arthur Nussbaum (January 31, 1877 – November 22, 1964) was a German-born American

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. He studied legal science in Berlin from 1894 till 1897. He taught at

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(1918–1933). In 1934, he moved to the United States, and in 1940, he became a

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. He taught at

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from 1934 until his formal retirement in 1951.

Selected bibliography

* * * ''Das neue deutsche Wirtschaftsrecht : eine systematische Übersicht über die Entwicklung des Privatrechts und der benachbarten Rechtsgebiete seit Ausbruch des Weltkrieges'', Berlin, Springer, 1920 * ''Deutsches internationales Privatrecht'', 1932 * * ''Principles of

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'', 1942 * * See also

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* American legal scholars American legal writers Jurists from Berlin German legal scholars Columbia University faculty Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to the United States 1877 births 1964 deaths {{US-legal-academic-bio-stub