| 1 | Name: | Mr. Louis Henkin | |
| Institution: | Columbia University | ||
| Year Elected: | 1986 | ||
| Class: | 3. Social Sciences | ||
| Subdivision: | 304. Jurisprudence and Political Science | ||
| Residency: | Resident | ||
| Living? : | Deceased | ||
| Birth Date: | 1917 | ||
| Death Date: | October 14, 2010 | ||
Louis Henkin was University Professor Emeritus at Columbia University, Chair of the University's Center for the Study of Human Rights and Director of the Human Rights Institute at Columbia Law School. Before his appointment as University Professor, Professor Henkin held chairs in constitutional law and, earlier, in international law and diplomacy. Professor Henkin earned his B.A. from Yeshiva University in 1937 and his LL.B. from Harvard University in 1940 where he served as Book Reviews Editor for the Harvard Law Review. He served as law clerk to Judge Learned Hand and to Justice Felix Frankfurter and was a State Department officer before turning to academic life. Among various public and professional activities, he was the Chief Reporter of the Restatement of Foreign Relations Law of the U.S. (1979-87) and Co-Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of International Law (1978-84); from 1992-94, Professor Henkin served as the President of the American Society of International Law. Louis Henkin's books include Arms Control and Inspection in American Law; Foreign Affairs and the Constitution; The Rights of Man Today; How Nations Behave: Law and Foreign Policy; International Law: Politics and Values; The Age of Rights; Constitutionalism, Democracy and Foreign Affairs; and other books as well as numerous articles. He served as co-editor of International Law, Cases and Materials (3rd edition) and of Human Rights (1999). Louis Henkin was elected to membership in the American Philosophical Society in 1986. He was awarded the Society's Henry M. Phillips Prize in Jurisprudence in 2000. The citation reads, "In recognition of his lifetime of scholarly research and writing to demonstrate that international human rights are more than noble aspirations to be enforced in the court of public opinion and are definable legal rights to be enforced in national and international tribunals." Louis Henkin died October 14, 2010, at the age of 92 in New York. | |||