Arthur Nussbaum (sometimes Artur) was a German

Germany

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-born American

United States

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 jurist

Jurist

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He taught at Berlin University (1918–1933).

In 1934 he moved to the United States, and in 1940, he became a US citizen.

He taught at Columbia Law School

Columbia Law School

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 from 1934 until his formal retirement in 1951, and was honored in Columbia Law Review's 57th Volume with 'Arthur Nussbaum: A Tribute.'

Scholarly Publications

• Deutsches internationales Privatrecht
  Civil law (legal system)
  Civil law is a legal system inspired by Roman law and whose primary feature is that laws are codified into collections, as compared to common law systems that gives great precedential weight to common law on the principle that it is unfair to treat similar facts differently on different...
  
  , 1932

• Money
  Money
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   in the law
  Law
  Law is a system of rules and guidelines which are enforced through social institutions to govern behavior, wherever possible. It shapes politics, economics and society in numerous ways and serves as a social mediator of relations between people. Contract law regulates everything from buying a bus...
  
  , 1939
• Principle
  Principle
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  s of private international law, 1942
• Concise history of the law of nations, 1947