Arthur Nussbaum (January 31, 1877 – November 22, 1964) was a
German-born
American jurist
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Biography
He studied legal science in Berlin from 1894 till 1897. He taught at the
University of Berlin
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The university was established by Frederick William III on the initiative of Wilhelm von Humbol ...
(1918–1933). In 1934, he moved to the United States, and in 1940, he became a
US citizen
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.
He taught at
Columbia Law School
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The school was founded in 1858 as the Columbia College Law School. The un ...
from 1934 until his formal retirement in 1951.
Selected bibliography
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* ''Das neue deutsche Wirtschaftsrecht : eine systematische Übersicht über die Entwicklung des Privatrechts und der benachbarten Rechtsgebiete seit Ausbruch des Weltkrieges'', Berlin, Springer, 1920
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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
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