The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Bar, Karl Ludwig von

BAR, Karl Ludwig von, German jurist: b. Hanover 1836; d. 21 Aug. 1913. He was trained in the universities of Göttingen and Berlin, and sat in the Reichstag 1890-93. He was a strong advocate of publicity as well as of more humane procedure in all criminal trials. Sometime professor at Göttingen and a member of The Hague tribunal, Dr. Bar acquired a world-wide reputation as a high authority on international law and a leading advocate of international arbitration. Important works by him are &lsquo;Das Internationale Privat und Strafrecht&rsquo; (1862); &lsquo;Die Redefreiheit der Milglieder gezetzgebender Verssammlungen&rsquo; (1868); &lsquo;Die Lehre vom Kausalzusammenhange im Rechte&rsquo; (1871); &lsquo;Das Deutsche Reichsgericht&rsquo; (1875); &lsquo;Staat und Katholische Kirche in Preussen&rsquo; (1883).