Roland Weyl

Weyl's father, André, was also a lawyer.^[3] Roland himself officially became a lawyer on 12 July 1939,^[4] and became a doctor of law in 1942.^[5] During that time, he took part in the French Resistance.

After World War II, Weyl dedicated his legal career to defending political activists, trade unionists, and anti-colonialists. He served as vice-president of the International Association of Democratic Lawyers, which he joined during its founding in 1946. That same year, he joined the French Communist Party.^[6] He was Editor-in-Chief of Revue de droit contemporain from 1954 to 1991 and served on the editorial board of La Nouvelle Critique [fr].^[7] He also served on the national council of the Mouvement de la Paix.

Weyl became Dean of the Paris Bar Association in February 2010, succeeding Alain Crosson du Cormier.^[8] He celebrated his 100th birthday in March 2019^[9] and received homage from the Paris Bar.^[10]

Roland Weyl died on 20 April 2021 at the age of 102.

• La justice et les Hommes (1961)
• La part du droit dans la réalité et dans l'action (1968)
• Révolution et perspectives du droit : de la société de classes à la société sans classes (1974)
• Divorce, libéralisme ou liberté (1975)
• Une robe pour un combat : souvenirs et réflexions d'un avocat engagé (1989)
• Démo-cratie, pouvoir du Peuple (1996)
• Se libérer de Maastricht pour une Europe des peuples (1999)
• Nous, peuples des Nations unies : sortir le droit international du placard (2008)
• Droit, pouvoir et citoyenneté (2017)