Francis Lieber Prize
Lieber Society 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. Unless otherwise indicated below, questions about and nominations for ASIL awards should be sent to Veronica Onorevole at 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 2010 Certificate of Merit award winners:
Certificate of Merit for a preeminent contribution to creative scholarship:
Beth A. Simmons, Mobilizing for Human Rights - International Law in Domestic Politics (Cambridge).
Certificate of Merit for high technical craftsmanship and utility to practicing lawyers and scholars:
Chester Brown, A Common Law of International Adjudication (Oxford).
Certificate of Merit in a specialized area of international law:
Mark Osiel, The End of Reciprocity - Terror, Torture, and the Law of War (Cambridge).
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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 2010, the Hudson Medal was awarded to Edith Brown Weiss.
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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 2010, the Butcher Medal was awarded to Juan E. Mendez.
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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 2010, Honorary Membership was awarded to Julio Lacarte-Muro.
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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 2010, the honoree was ASIL Vice President Dinah Shelton.
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 2010 Winners:
(Book Category):
James A. Green of the University of Reading for his work, The International Court of Justice and Self-Defense in International Law
(Article Category):
Robert Sloane of Boston University School of Law for his article, "The Cost of Conflation: Preserving the Dualism of the Jus ad Bellum and the Jus in Bello in the Contemporary Law of War," 34 Yale Journal of International Law 47 (2009)
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Lieber Society 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 2010 Winners:
Sean Watts of Creighton University School of Law for his essay, "Combatant Status and Computer Network Attack"
(Certificates of Merit):
Laura Beth Wrzesinski of William & Mary School of Law for her essay, "A Jus Post Bellum for the U.S.Military: Facilitating the International Legal Debate on Post-conflict Reconstruction"
Paul A. Walker of the U.S. Navy for his essay, "Rethinking Computer Network 'Attack'"
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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 2010, the recipient was Alex Mills.