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Louis Henkin is a former president of the American Society of International Law
American Society of International Law

The American Society of International Law is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, educational membership organization, based in Washington, D.C.. It was founded in 1906, and was chartered by the United States Congress in 1950....
 and University Professor emeritus at Columbia Law School
Columbia Law School

Columbia Law School, located in New York City, is one of the professional schools of Columbia University, a member of the Ivy League. David Schizer is the dean....
. He is now the chairman of the Center for the Study of Human Rights at Columbia University
Columbia University

Columbia University in the City of New York , is a private university in the United States and a member of the Ivy League. Columbia's main campus lies in the Morningside Heights, Manhattan neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan, in New York City....
. Additionally, he is widely considered one of the most influential contemporary scholars of international law
International law

Public international law concerns the structure and conduct of states and intergovernmental organizations. To a lesser degree, international law also may affect multinational corporations and individuals, an impact increasingly evolving beyond domestic legal interpretation and enforcement....
.

in is a 1937 graduate of Yeshiva College and a class of 1940 LL.B.
Bachelor of Laws

The Bachelor of Laws is an undergraduate, or bachelor, degree in law offered in most common law countries as the primary law degree and which originated in England....
 graduate of Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School

Harvard Law School is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, it is the United States' oldest law school in continuous operation....
. He served as a law clerk for Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter
Felix Frankfurter

Felix Frankfurter was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States....
 (on his difficulties in Sabbath
Shabbat

Shabbat or Shabbos , is the weekly day of rest in Judaism, symbolizing the seventh day in Genesis, after the six days of creation. Though it is commonly said to be the Saturday of each week, it is observed from sundown on Friday until the appearance of three stars in the sky on Saturday night....
 observance when clerking for the Supreme Court, see the story ) and has worked with the U.S.






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Louis Henkin is a former president of the American Society of International Law
American Society of International Law

The American Society of International Law is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, educational membership organization, based in Washington, D.C.. It was founded in 1906, and was chartered by the United States Congress in 1950....
 and University Professor emeritus at Columbia Law School
Columbia Law School

Columbia Law School, located in New York City, is one of the professional schools of Columbia University, a member of the Ivy League. David Schizer is the dean....
. He is now the chairman of the Center for the Study of Human Rights at Columbia University
Columbia University

Columbia University in the City of New York , is a private university in the United States and a member of the Ivy League. Columbia's main campus lies in the Morningside Heights, Manhattan neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan, in New York City....
. Additionally, he is widely considered one of the most influential contemporary scholars of international law
International law

Public international law concerns the structure and conduct of states and intergovernmental organizations. To a lesser degree, international law also may affect multinational corporations and individuals, an impact increasingly evolving beyond domestic legal interpretation and enforcement....
.

Biography

Henkin is a 1937 graduate of Yeshiva College and a class of 1940 LL.B.
Bachelor of Laws

The Bachelor of Laws is an undergraduate, or bachelor, degree in law offered in most common law countries as the primary law degree and which originated in England....
 graduate of Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School

Harvard Law School is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, it is the United States' oldest law school in continuous operation....
. He served as a law clerk for Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter
Felix Frankfurter

Felix Frankfurter was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States....
 (on his difficulties in Sabbath
Shabbat

Shabbat or Shabbos , is the weekly day of rest in Judaism, symbolizing the seventh day in Genesis, after the six days of creation. Though it is commonly said to be the Saturday of each week, it is observed from sundown on Friday until the appearance of three stars in the sky on Saturday night....
 observance when clerking for the Supreme Court, see the story ) and has worked with the U.S. Department of State, NATO
NATO

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization , also called the Atlantic Alliance, is a military alliance established by the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty on 4 April 1949....
 and the United Nations
United Nations

The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, Social change, human rights and achieving world peace....
. He has published several books, among which figure Foreign affairs and the United States Constitution, The Rights of Man Today, How Nations Behave, and Age of Rights.

His father was Rabbi Yosef Eliyahu Henkin
Yosef Eliyahu Henkin

Rabbi Yosef Eliyahu Henkin was a prominent Orthodox Judaism rabbi in the United States.He was born in Belorussia, and studied at the Slutzker Yeshiva under Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer....
, an authority in halakhah. His son, Joshua Henkin, is an author.