Willem II (King of the Netherlands)

…He lectured on politics and diplomatic history at the University of Ghent in Belgium, but left the university when Belgium became independent in 1930, and became a professor of law at Leiden University the following year. At the end of the 1930s, he gradually transformed from a conservative to a radical liberal, and in 1939 he published “Constitutional Theory,” in which he criticized the autocratic rule of King William I of the Netherlands and called for constitutional reform. In 1944, he became a member of the House of Representatives, and together with his comrades, submitted a bill to amend the constitution to parliament, but it was rejected. …

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…ベルギーのヘント大学で政治，外交史などを講じたが，30年ベルギー独立により同大学を退き，翌年ライデン大学法学部教授となる。30年代末に保守主義者からしだいに急進的自由主義者へと変貌し，39年《憲法論》を発表してオランダ国王ウィレム1世の専制的統治を批判し，憲法改正を訴えた。44年下院議員となり，同志とともに憲法改正案を議会に提出したが否決される。…

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