!!!Lammasch, Heinrich

Lammasch, Heinrich, b. Seitenstetten (Lower Austria), May 21, 
1853, d. Salzburg, Jan. 6, 1920, politician and lawyer. 
University professor in Innsbruck (1885) and Vienna (1899); last prime 
minister (Minister-Praesident) of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. (Oct. 
27 - Nov 10, 1918), adviser to Archduke Franz Ferdinand, drafted 
the bill for a new Austrian penal law (did not become law), 
participated in the international  Peace Movement and was a member of 
the Hague Tribunal (3 times its chief justice), of the pacifist 
"Meinl-group" (J.  Meinl), and of the Austrian delegation to the peace 
negotiations of St. Germain (1919). Opposed the annexation of Austria 
by Germany. Advocated a neutral and independent Austria.

!Works
Die Auslieferung wegen polit. Verbrechen, 1884; 
Auslieferungspflicht und Asylrecht, 1887; Grundriss des oe. 
Strafrechts, 1899; Das Voelkerrecht nach dem Krieg, 1917; Der 
Friedensverband der Staaten, 1919; Der Voelkerbund, 1919; Europas 
11. Stunde, 1919.

!Literature
G. Oberkofler, H. L., 1993; OeBL; NDB.


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