Document Type
Article
Disciplines
International Law
Abstract
The centenary of the birth of Professor Olimpiad S. Ioffe (1920-2005) is an occasion to celebrate an extraordinary scholarly life that traversed the upheavals of the twentieth century. Born in the years just after the Russian Revolution and growing up in the Soviet Union to survive the horrors of World War II, Professor Ioffe became a giant of Russian and Soviet jurisprudence over the postwar decades. But then, in 1980, in circumstances ably recounted by my colleague Carol Weisbrod in her contribution below, Professor Ioffe found himself dismissed from Leningrad State University, expelled from the Communist Party, and compelled to emigrate. After an intervening year conducting research at other law schools in the United States, Professor Ioffe joined the faculty of the University of Connecticut School of Law in 1982. It was here that he finished his illustrious career teaching, researching and writing in the areas of Soviet Law, Civil Law, Comparative Law, Roman Law, and International Human Rights Law.
Recommended Citation
Lindseth, Peter L., "Olimpiad S. Ioffe Centenary: Introduction" (2021). Connecticut Journal of International Law. 628.
https://digitalcommons.lib.uconn.edu/cjil/628
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