Charles Wolfke

-

Karol Wolfke (born June 4, 1915 in Zurich, March 8, 2015 in Wroclaw) is a Polish lawyer and professor of law, specializing in international public law.

Curriculum vitae

He was the son of Mieczysław Wolfek and Agnieszka, from Ritzmann. In 1922 he came with his parents to Poland. After graduation and military service he was a student of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at Warsaw University of Technology for one year. Since 1935 he studied law at the Stefan Batory University and the University of Warsaw. Appointed to the army as a lieutenant in the communications reserve, fought in the 1939 defensive war, participated in defending the Modlin fortress as commander of the radio platoon in communications company 8th Infantry Division. After being surrendered to German captivity, he stayed in Oflagu VII A Murnau.

In December 1945 he returned to Poland, in early 1946 he received a master's degree in law at the University of Warsaw, and from October 1946 he worked as a senior assistant in the Department of International Law at the University of Wroclaw. In 1949 he obtained his doctoral degree and later worked as an adjunct professor. In the years 1951-1957 he was removed from the University, he worked at the Wrocław University of Economics as an English language teacher, and in 1952 he also completed his philosophical studies at the University of Wroclaw.

Since 1957 he resumed his studies at the University of Wroclaw, where he retired in 1973, and in 1973 he received the title of associate professor. In 1982 he retired but continued his scientific and didactic work. He was also a member of the Legal Science Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences, member of the International Law Association, director of the Hague International Law School (1983), member of the Committee for the Establishment of Norms of International Law at the International Law Commission (1984-2000) and member of the Standing Arbitration Tribunal in The Hague (1993-2005). ). Publications Honors and awards

He was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (1974). In 1983 he received the Medal of the National Education Commission, and the 1985 Gold Medal of the University of Wroclaw. Bibliography

wiki

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Pupo Román

-
José René "Pupo" Román Fernández (died 1961) - Dominican general. Curriculum vitae In the Dominican history, when the dictatorial president Rafael Leónidas Trujillo was in power, Roman was his niece's husband and "third person in the state" (Trujillo and SIM Arturo Espaillata). He was the Minister of Armed Forces, a close associate of Trujillo, which did not prevent him from accepting Trujillo's murder in 1961 from the American consul in the Dominican Republic, Henry Dearborn. He led to the murder of Rafael Trujillo on May 30, 1961, but he could not use this to overthrow his followers. He failed to arrest them along with Trujillo's sons such as Ramfis. Ultimately, the conspiracy ended with the conspirators' defeat when Zacarias - chauffeur Trujillo - survived the presidential bombardment and handed over the drafts of the bombers and Arturo Espaillat informed Roman about the death of the commander - at the sight of Arturo Espaillata Roman revealed ...
Read more

Myrmex Indikos

-
Myrmex Indikos, pol. Indian ant - an alleged species of gigantic ants (according to Herodot's description, larger than foxes, but smaller than dogs). The earliest mention of these creatures is dated to the fifth century BC, and its author is Herodotus. According to her, these ants inhabited the deserts of Persia and India and extracted gold from their sands. Several such creatures were kept in the residence of the King of Persia. Gold was to be obtained by caravans made up of several camels in the heat of the day, when the ants were protected underground. You had to do it quickly, because the ants sensed the smell of people and went on the pursuit, and they were deadly dangerous. This story is confirmed by the next accounts: Nearchos, one of the army officers of Alexander Macedoński, and Megastenes - a historian and traveler. The fragment of the Megasthenes (IV-III century BC) preserved in fragments can be seen in the underground mines at the foot of the mountains on the easte...
Read more

Names of streets and squares

-
The names of the streets and squares were originally of a topographical nature, that is, they informed about: Researchers propose two names for these toponyms - urban or plateonimy. S. Urbańczyk points out that the older names were spontaneously formed and sprouted in the daily lives of the inhabitants of the place. The information contained herein was related to the characteristics of the place (eg appearance), important road directions (geographic orientation) or values, functions and economic meanings called places / objects in the settlement for the inhabitants' lives. Former names are protected by law, but are often not respected by managers of the municipality, county or province. Currently the names of streets and squares are given by the commune authorities, county governors or voivodships. There is a tendency to use commemorative names, ie to commemorate deserving people and important events (eg Zygmunt August Street, 3. Maja Street). The names of the districts are ...
Read more