death_date death_place religion birth_place image_size nationality fields birth_date article_title name alma_mater
14 october 2010 manhattan jewish smolyany , belarus 200px united states international law 11 november 1917 louis henkin
 louis henkin yeshiva college harvard law school
louis henkin

louis henkin -lrb- november 11 , 1917 -- october 14 , 2010 -rrb- , 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 .
