Russian Jewish Lawyers in France and the International Movement during the 1920s

While some Jewish lawyers from Russia stand out as a conspicuous group in France, some come across as major figures in the area of the law, including Maxim  Vinaver, Boris Mirkin Getzevich, André Mandelstam, Alexandre Michelson, Moïse Goldstein, and Henry Sliosberg. During the 1920s, these lawyers took a very active part both on the ground of doctrinal considerations and because of their individual commitments and joined circles in Geneva that dealt with the Russian League on behalf of the League of Nations or the Executive Committee of the private organizations belonging to the State Commission for Refugees, taking concerted action with those speaking on behalf of Russian refugees. Their involvement in a legal movement in which the rights of individuals were seen as the domain of international rights was in accordance with their previous political involvement and their individual philosophical beliefs. As an aspect of emigration, it also lies within the scope of an identity strongly influenced by their membership of the Russian liberal and legal intelligentsia.