Ferdinand Feldbrugge | |
|---|---|
| Feldbrugge in 1985 | |
| Born | 1933 (age 91–92) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Utrecht University |
| Thesis | Schuld in het Sovjetstrafrecht [Guilt in Soviet Criminal law] (1959) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Leiden University |
Ferdinand Joseph Maria Feldbrugge (born 1933) is a Dutch scholar that studies legal history of Russia. He is an emeritus professor at Leiden University. [1]
Feldbrugge was born in 1933 in The Hague,the Netherlands. [2] He received an LL.M. from Utrecht University in 1955 and defended his thesis there becoming a Doctor of Law in 1959. [2] Feldbrugge also performed counterintelligence work for the Dutch army. [3]
In 1967,he became a Professor of Law at Leiden University [4] and in 1972 headed the Institute of East European Law and Russian Studies there until 1998. [5] Feldbrugge served as a "Sovietologist in Residence" for the NATO chief from 1987 to 1989 and as President of the International Council for Central and East European Studies from 1995 to 2000. [5]
Feldbrugge visited the Soviet Union in 1973. [6]