Louis B. Sohn: Recollections of a Co-conspirator

摘要

My deep sense of affection for Louis Sohn is hard to explain, since we never got to know one another well, either professionally or personally. I was his student in the late 1970s, in his last years at Harvard, and I worked as his research assistant on and off, most steadily while studying for the bar exam in the summer of 1980. He spent much of that summer in Geneva working on the Law of the Sea Treaty, while his secretary and I held down the fort. Although I think I took all of his courses and spent many hours in his warren of offices on the second floor of the International Legal Studies building, I don't remember our ever discussing ideas in a way that would have allowed us to explore one another's point of view. I know that Louis read a number of articles I wrote about international law and institutions over the ensuing years - evaluating me for tenure, among other things - but I don't recall his sharing his reactions with me.