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MARTIN FAIX
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leave after 20 years of service as the director of the Institute of International Law
at the Faculty of Law in Brno, he published a wide range of publications aiming
at the scientific community as well as at students. Some of them are:
Sanctions in
International Law
(Sankce v mezinárodním právu, 1976),
United Nations: for Students
of Law Faculties
(Organizace Spojených národů: pro posluchače právnických fakult,
1981),
Introduction to Theory of International Law
(Úvod do teorie mezinárodního
práva, 1983),
Outer Space and the Law of Outer Space
(Vesmír a kosmické právo,
together with Jiří Malenovský and Mahulena Hošková, 1986),
International Law
Aspects of the Fight Against International Terrorism
(Mezinárodně právní aspekty
potlačování mezinárodního terorizmu, together with Jiří Malenovský, 1983),
History
of Public International Law
(Historie mezinárodního práva veřejného, 1991).
The decision of prof. David to leave the academy did not last for long time.
Despite his successful work in advocacy, in 1997 he decided to accept the invitation to
become a professor of international law at the Faculty of Law in Olomouc. He often
underscored this as one of the best decisions of his life. Besides his teaching activities,
prof. David continued his scholarly and pedagogical work, providing an inspiration
and guidance to his colleagues and students, many of whom are today respected
international lawyers themselves working in various positions at law faculties in the
Czech Republic, at the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic, the Court of
Justice of the European Union, or at the United Nations in New York. Prof. David
did not avoid writing about negative phenomena which concerned developments in
Czech society, such as corruption (
Corruption in International, European and Czech
Law
[Korupce v právu mezinárodním, evropském a českém]), or in international
society, such as terrorism (
The Phenomenon of International Terrorism
[Fenomén
mezinárodního terorismu]). He also produced one of the leading textbooks in public
international law on the Czech and Slovak market, at first in cooperation with
František Zbořil and Pavel Sladký, later with Pavel Bureš, Ondřej Svaček and Martin
Faix. Currently the book is already being sold in its sixth edition.
Palacký University in Olomouc paid tribute to his outstanding achievements by
awarding him the
doctor honoris causa
in 2007.
Beyond his many professional achievements, prof. David was above all a warm
and dedicated human being, which many experienced in interaction with him, be
it professionally, or personally. I join many others in the community of Czech and
Slovak (international) lawyers, and especially my colleagues from the Faculty of Law
in Olomouc, in offering my condolences to his family and honouring his memory.
Martin Faix
*
*
JUDr. Martin Faix, PhD., MJI
,
is senior lecturer at the Palacký University in Olomouc (Faculty of
Law, Dpt. Of International and European Law) and at the Charles University in Prague (Faculty of
Law, Dpt. Of International Law).