Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2010
Abstract
Louis Henkin was a man of courage and of convictions. His students at Columbia, who engaged with him inside and outside the classroom during the course of five decades, had many opportunities to learn of his convictions, which were manifest in his teaching, writing and activism. But Henkin would not have spoken in the classroom of his own acts of courage, exemplified by (but not limited to) his combat service in the Second World War, nor would he have drawn attention to other personal virtues. This brief tribute (complementary to others being written by colleagues at Columbia for publication here and elsewhere) begins with his wartime years as background for understanding his passionate commitment to the rule of law in international relations.
Disciplines
Law | Legal Biography
Recommended Citation
Lori F. Damrosch,
Louis Henkin: Courage and Convictions,
49
Colum. J. Transnat'l. L.
5
(2010).
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