Francis Lieber Prize
Richard R. Baxter Military Prize
Past ASIL Award Winners and Honorees
The Society provides a variety of awards that recognize excellence in the field of international law. Awards are made by the Society on the recommendation of committees appointed annually in the spring by the President of the Society.
The Committee welcomes nominations for each of the three honors and accepts them every summer. For more information on the nominations process, please click here or for questions for the Committee please contact Veronica Onorevole, ASIL Executive Office & Programs Manager, at awardsandhonors@asil.org or (+1) 202.939.6000.
Annual Scholarship Awards
The Society bestows book awards known as ASIL Certificates of Merit, given for preeminent contribution to creative scholarship, a specialized area of international law, and/or high technical craftsmanship.
Congratulations to the 2011 Certificate of Merit award winners:
Certificate of Merit for a preeminent contribution to creative scholarship:
Jutta Brunnée and Stephen J. Toope, Legitimacy and Legality in International Law.
Certificate of Merit for high technical craftsmanship and utility to practicing lawyers and scholars:
Gary B. Born, International Commercial Arbitration
Certificate of Merit in a specialized area of international law:
Gary D. Solis, The Law of Armed Conflict
Honorable Mention for a preeminent contribution to creative scholarship:
Kal Raustiala, Does the Constitution Follow the Flag? (Oxford University Press)
Honorable Mention in a specialized area of international law:
Anne T. Gallagher, he International Law of Human Trafficking (Cambridge University Press)
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Manley O. Hudson Medal
The American Society of International Law bestows from time to time without regard to nationality a medal to commemorate the life work of Manley O. Hudson. Such awards are made for scholarship and achievement in international law.
In 2011, the Hudson Medal was awarded to Eric Stein.
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Goler T. Butcher Medal
The Society also awards a medal established in the name of the Society in honor of Professor Goler Teal Butcher to a distinguished person of American or other nationality, for outstanding contributions to the development or effective realization of international human rights law.
In 2011, the Butcher Medal was awarded to Gay McDougall.
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Honorary Members
Distinguished persons who are not United States citizens are awarded Honorary Membership in the Society for rendering distinguished contributions or service in the field of international law.
In 2011, Honorary Membership was awarded to Patrick Lipton Robinson.
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Prominent Woman in International Law Award
ASIL’s Women in International Law Interest Group gives a Prominent Woman in International Law Award at its Annual Meeting luncheon.
In 2011, the honoree was ASIL Vice President Lucy Reed.
Francis Lieber Prize
The Francis Lieber Society of the ASIL awards the Lieber Prize annually to an author 35 years or younger for outstanding scholarship in the field of the law of armed conflict. Information about the annual Lieber Prize competition can be obtained from Professor Michael Schmitt at schmitt@aya.yale.edu .
Congratulations to the 2011 Winners:
(Book Category):
Tom Ruys for "Armed Attack" and Article 51 of the UN Charter: Evolutions in Customary Law and Practice
(Article Category):
Naz Modirzadeh for "The Dark Sides of Convergence: A Pro-Civilian Critique of the Extra Territorial Application of Human Rights Law in Armed Conflict"
86 International Law Studies (US Naval War College) 349 (2010)
Read more about the Francis Lieber Prize.
Richard R. Baxter Military Prize
The Francis Lieber Society, an interest group of the American Society of International Law, announces that it will bestow each year, beginning in 2007, without regard to nationality, a prize based upon an exceptional writing in English by a member of the regular or reserve armed forces of any nation that significantly enhances the understanding and implementation of the law of war.
Congratulations to the 2011 Winners:
(Military Prize):
Duncan Blake and Joseph S. Imburgia for "'Bloodless Weapons'? The Need to Conduct Legal Reviews of Certain Capabilities and the Implications of Defining them as 'Weapons'"
(Certificate of Merit):
Christian DeCock for "Counter-Insurgency Operations in Afghanistan. What about the 'Jus ad Bellum' and the 'Jus in Bello': Is the Law Still Accurate?"
Read more about the Richard R. Baxter Military Prize.
The Francis Deák Prize
The annual Francis Deák Prize is awarded to a younger author for meritorious scholarship published in The American Journal of International Law (AJIL). The prize was established by Philip Cohen in 1973, in memory of Francis Deak, former head of the international law program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and editor of American International Law Cases, 1783-1963, the first volume of which was published in 1971, the year before his death. The award is sponsored by Oxford University Press and made in the spring following the volume year in which the article appeared. Award presentations are made at the ASIL Annual General Meeting.
Congratulations to the 2010 Deak winners:
Jacob Katz Cogan of the University of Cincinnati College of Law for “Representation and Power in International Organization: The Operational Constitution and Its Critics,” (103 AJIL 209, 2009)
Galit A. Sarfaty from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania for “Why Culture Matters in International Institutions: The Marginality of Human Rights at the World Bank,” (103 AJIL 647, 2009)
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Private International Law Prize
The ASIL Private International Law Prize recognizes the best essay submitted by someone 35 years old or younger on any topic in the field of private international law
In 2011, the recipient was Adam Raviv.