Louis Henkin
Academic
1917 – 2010
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Who was Louis Henkin?
Louis Henkin, widely considered one of the most influential contemporary scholars of international law and the foreign policy of the United States, was a former president of the American Society of International Law and of the American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy and University Professor emeritus at Columbia Law School. He was until his death the chairman of the Center for the Study of Human Rights at Columbia University.
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- Born
- Nov 11, 1917
Orsha Raion - Also known as
- Eliezer Henkin
- Lazar Henking
- Religion
- Judaism
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- Bachelor of Laws, Harvard Law School
Law
( - 1940) - Yeshiva College
Mathematics
( - 1937)
- Bachelor of Laws, Harvard Law School
- Employment
- Columbia University
- Lived in
- Manhattan
( - 2010/10/14)
- Manhattan
- Died
- Oct 14, 2010
Manhattan
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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