HUBER, MAX (1874– ), Swiss lawyer, was born on Dec.
28, 1874, at Zurich. From 1902 to 1921 he held a law professor ship—first extraordinary and subsequently ordinary—at the Uni versity of Zurich. In 1921 he resigned his chair and became honorary professor. The Swiss Federal Council on many occa sions consulted him as an expert in international questions and he was a Swiss representative at The Hague Conference in 5907. During the World War he was legal adviser to the Swiss Political Department : he was entrusted with several missions to the Peace Conference, to the League of Nations and to various Governments. He was a member of the Jurists' Committee of the Council of the League of Nations dealing with the Aaland islands question and of the International Blockade Commission. He became both a judge of the Permanent Court of International Justice in 1922 and a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration.
His publications include: Die Staatensuccession (1898) and Volker bundsprobleme in der Botschaft des schweizerischen Bundesrats vom 4 Aug.