Francis Lieber, German-American jurist and philosopher (died 1872)

Francis Lieber

German-American jurist, gymnast and political philosopher (1798–1872)

Francis Lieber was a German-American jurist and political philosopher. He is best known for the Lieber Code, the first codification of the customary law and the laws of war for battlefield conduct, which served as a basis for the Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907 and for the…