Simpson recalled that Waldock told him that international law was diplomacy under a different name and that with regard to the operations of the International Court of Justice, "it's all done in the corridors." Personal life Waldock married Ethel Beatrice Williams in 1934, with whom he had one son, Humphrey Edward, and one daughter, Jill. Towards the end of his life, Waldock lived in Lathbury Road, North Oxford. In his Who's Who entry, he expressed an interest in cricket, tennis, fishing and shooting. He died in The Hague in 1981 of an apparent heart attack. Publications Waldock wrote books on the law of mortgages, the use of force, general public international law and dozens of articles on international law. References 1904 births 1981 deaths People from Colombo International law scholars Presidents of the European Court of Human Rights Members of Gray's Inn Presidents of the International Court of Justice International Law Commission officials Fellows of All Souls College, Oxford Chichele Professors of Public International Law Knights Bachelor Sri Lankan people of English descent 20th-century English judges Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George Officers of the Order of the British Empire British judges of United Nations courts and tribunals British judges of international courts and tribunals Members of the International Law Commission