Prosper Weil (21 September 1926 – 3 October 2018), was a French

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of Panthéon-Assas University's law school and, since 1999, a member of the

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Life

Weil was born in

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. His

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, titled ''Les conséquences de l’annulation d’un acte administratif pour excès de pouvoir'', earned him the ''prix de thèse de la Faculté de droit de Paris''. Prosper Weil came first in the competitive

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exam for public law in 1952. He co-wrote the textbook ''Les grands arrêts de la jurisprudence administrative'', as well as many books and articles in

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, especially in

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. He was also an international arbitrator and counselor for the

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. In 1992, Weil was the French representative on the arbitration panel that decided the

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; Weil wrote a dissent from the panel's decision in the case. He was a member of the

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, the Institut de droit international, and was a member (1980–1999) and president (1989–1993) of the administrative tribunal of the

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References

External links

Prosper Weil on the site of the ''Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques'' (in French)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Weil, Prosper 2018 deaths 1926 births 20th-century French lawyers Writers from Strasbourg Members of the Académie des sciences morales et politiques Members of the Institut de Droit International Members of the Permanent Court of Arbitration Academic staff of Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas University Academic staff of Grenoble Alpes University French judges of international courts and tribunals Grand Officers of the Order of Saint-Charles