Louis Henkin
Louis Henkin · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Foremost scholar of international law and human rights; author of 'How Nations Behave'
1917, Babruysk, Russian Empire (now Belarus) — 2010, New York City, USA
Belarus · New York (Columbia University)
Louis Henkin is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Foremost scholar of international law and human rights; author of 'How Nations Behave'
Henkin was the foremost American scholar of international law and human rights, whose book How Nations Behave and the observation that 'almost all nations observe almost all principles of international law almost all of the time' framed the modern field. He taught for decades at Columbia and helped shape U.S. human-rights institutions. Born Eliezer Henkin to an Orthodox Jewish family, he was the son of the eminent rabbi Yosef Eliyahu Henkin.
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Foremost scholar of international law and human rights; author of 'How Nations Behave'
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