America and the Law of Nations 1776-1939

Mark Weston Janis is William F. Starr Professor of Law at the University of Connecticut School of Law. Born in Chicago in 1947, he is a graduate of Princeton (A.B. 1969), Oxford (B.A. 1972) where he was a Rhodes scholar, and Harvard (J.D. 1977). He served as a U.S. naval officer (1972-75), and practiced international corporate and financial law with Sullivan & Cromwell in New York and Paris (1977-80). He first joined the faculty at Connecticut in 1980. He was for four years (1993-97) a member of the law faculty of the University of Oxford in England where he was Reader in Law, Fellow of Exeter College, and Director of Graduate Legal Studies (Research Degrees). He is the author of three widely-adopted law school books: An Introduction to International Law (Aspen 5th edn 2008), Cases and Commentary on International Law (West 3rd edn 2006), and European Human Rights Law (OUP 3rd edn 2008). He has also published more than 50 articles on international law.

1. Blackstone and Bentham: The Law of Nations and International Law ; 2. Jefferson, Madison, and Marshall: The Law of Nations and the New Republic ; 3. Kent and Wheaton: The International Law of Christendom ; 4. Dodge, Worcester, Ladd, and Burritt: Christianity, Courts, and World Peace ; 5. Taney and his Court: Slavery, International Law, and American Exceptionalism ; 6. Lieber, Field, and Wharton: The Science of International Law ; 7. Great Expectations: The Alabama Arbitration and the Progress of International Law ; 8. Root, Scott, and Taft: Of Peace, and Laws, and Learned Men ; 9. Woodrow Wilson: The Passion of the Converted ; 10. Holmes: International Law and American Federalism ; 11. International Law After the Great War