Education
Born in 1849, Bernard Loder studied law in Amsterdam at the Athenaeum Illustre of Amsterdam, the predecessor to the University of Amsterdam, and afterward studied at University of Leiden.
Born in 1849, Bernard Loder studied law in Amsterdam at the Athenaeum Illustre of Amsterdam, the predecessor to the University of Amsterdam, and afterward studied at University of Leiden.
He sat on the Supreme Court of the Netherlands from 1908 to 1921. He then sat as a judge of the Permanent Court of International Justice from 1921 to 1930, serving as the first president of that court from 1921 to 1924. He was interested in the study of international law and in particular maritime law.
Loder sat on the Supreme Court of the Netherlands from 1908 to 1921.
In 1920, he served on the committee that drew up the Statute of the Permanent Court of International Justice. He was a judge of that court from 1921 to 1930, serving as its first president until 1924.
He represented the Netherlands at international conferences on maritime law in 1905, 1909, 1910, and 1923. He served as one of the Dutch delegates at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919.
Institut de Droit International]
Loder became a member of the Institut de Droit International in 1921 and served as its president and four years later President at its 33rd meeting in The Hague.