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MARTIN FAIX

CYIL 5 ȍ2014Ȏ

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).