Paul Fauchille
Paul Auguste Joseph Fauchille (11 February 1858 – 9 February 1926) was a French
lawyer and scholar, best remembered as a pioneer of air law.
He was born in
Loos, France, and studied law in
Douai and at the
University of Paris. An advocate at the Court of Appeals, a law professor and Member of the Institut de Droit International he promoted with his mentor Louis Renault the new interest in international law.
He had been a co–founder and editor of the
Revue Generale de Droit International Public (1894) and co–founder of the
Institute of Higher International Studies (IHEI 1921) . His magnum opus became the four volume Traite de Droit international public 1921–26 which encompassed 4600 pages being still in print.
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