Bernard Loder
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President of the Permanent Court of International Justice (1921–1924),
Judge of the Permanent Court of Internal Justice (1924–1930)
Bernard Cornelis Johannes Loder | |
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 Bernard Cornelis Johannes Loder | |
| Born | 13 September 1849 |
| Died | 4 November 1935 The Hague, Netherlands |
| Title | Justice of Supreme Court of the Netherlands (1908–1921), President of the Permanent Court of International Justice (1921–1924), Judge of the Permanent Court of Internal Justice (1924–1930) |
Bernard Cornelis Johannes Loder (13 September 1849, Amsterdam – 4 November 1935, The Hague) was a Dutch jurist. He sat on the Supreme Court of the Netherlands from 1908 to 1921. He then sat as a judge of the Permanent Court of International Justice from 1921 to 1930, serving as the first president of that court from 1921 to 1924.
Born in 1849, Bernard Loder studied law in Amsterdam at the Athenaeum Illustre of Amsterdam, the predecessor to the University of Amsterdam, and afterward studied at University of Leiden. He was interested in the study of international law and in particular maritime law.
Domestic and international career
Loder sat on the Supreme Court of the Netherlands from 1908 to 1921. In 1920, he served on the committee that drew up the Statute of the Permanent Court of International Justice. He was a judge of that court from 1921 to 1930, serving as its first president until 1924.
He represented the Netherlands at international conferences on maritime law in 1905, 1909, 1910, and 1923. He served as one of the Dutch delegates at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919.
