Dear Friends,

It is with great sadness that I write to tell you of the passing of our past President (1992-1994), Journal Co-Editor-in-Chief (1978-1984), and 1995 Hudson Medal recipient, Louis Henkin. Dean Schizer at Columbia University wrote today that "Lou has been a towering presence here at the Law School since he joined the faculty in 1962.  His intellectual and personal contributions were immense.  An influential pioneer in the field of human rights law, Lou was an inspiration, an intellectual giant, a generous mentor and teacher, and a cherished friend." 

The American Society of International Law has lost a person who has embodied for decades all that it values most: Generosity, Integrity, Scholarship, Commitment. Many members of the American Society were his students and feel this loss keenly.  All of us were Lou's friend and will miss him profoundly. Our thoughts and prayers are with Alice, sons Joshua, David, and Daniel, and the entire Henkin family. 

David D. Caron
President

Remarks by President Caron about Louis Henkin upon his Receipt of the 2003 Stefan A. Riesenfeld Prize

A Selection of ASIL Writings by Louis Henkin:

• U.S. Ratification of Human Rights Conventions: The Ghost of Senator Bricker
  American Journal of International Law
  Vol. 89, No. 2 (Apr., 1995), pp. 341-350

• The President and International Law
  American Journal of International Law
  Vol. 80, No. 4 (Oct., 1986), pp. 930-937

• Litigating the President's Power to Terminate Treaties
  American Journal of International Law
  Vol. 73, No. 4 (Oct., 1979), pp. 647-654

• International Law and "the Interests": the Law of the Seabed
  American Journal of International Law
  Vol. 63, No. 3 (Jul., 1969), pp. 504-510

• Viet-Nam in the Courts of the United States: "Political Questions
  American Journal of International Law
  Vol. 63, No. 2 (Apr., 1969), pp. 284-289

• Implementation and Compliance: Is Dualism Metastasizing [article]
  American Society of International Law Proceedings, Vol. 91, pp. 515-518
  91 Am. Soc'y Int'l L. Proc. 515 (1997)

• International Law: From the Old World Order to the New [comments]
  American Society of International Law Proceedings, Vol. 86, pp. 507-512
  86 Am. Soc'y Int'l L. Proc. 507 (1992)

• American Bills of Rights: Age 200 [article]
  American Society of International Law Proceedings, Vol. 70, pp. 88-90
  70 Am. Soc'y Int'l L. Proc. 88 (1976)

• Force, Intervention, and Neutrality in Contemporary International Law [article]
  American Society of International Law Proceedings, Vol. 57, Fourth Session (1963), pp. 147-162
  57 Am. Soc'y Int'l L. Proc. 147 (1963)