Paul Reuter (lawyer)

This article is about the French academic and lawyer. For the founder of Reuters news agency, see Paul Reuter. For the American composer, see Paul Reuter (composer).
Paul Reuter
Born(1911-02-11)11 February 1911
Metz
Died(1990-04-29)29 April 1990
AwardsBalzan Prize
Scientific career
FieldsInternational Law
Institutions

Paul Reuter (Metz, 11 February 1911 – Paris, 28 April 1990) was a French lawyer considered the principal architect of the legal framework for the European Coal and Steel Community, the first in a series of institutions that would ultimately become the European Union. He was also an international arbitrator and member of several international organization. Reuter has been described as "one of the twentieth century's greatest specialists on international law".

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