Louis B. Sohn: Architect of the Modern International Legal System

摘要

Professor Louis B. Sohn (1914-2006) was not only present at the creation of the modern international legal system, he was its principal architect. He participated in the 1945 drafting conference in San Francisco that created the United Nations, as well as in events leading up to the conference. He also played a leading role in the creation or development of many other areas of international law, including human rights, international environmental law, law of the sea, international organizations, arms control and disarmament, and international dispute settlement. Each of these areas of international law bears his creative and indelible mindprint.