Series I: Biographical Materials, 1940-2007
This series is arranged chronologically unless otherwise noted. Clippings include issues of the Columbia Law School Observer as well as newspaper articles and editorials. CVs and directory bios also include biographical notes for contributor lists and programs. The day planners date from 1966 through 2004 but are not comprehensive. Honors and Awards include certificates, correspondence, diplomas, programs, and speeches. Interviews include an edited transcript of a 1995 conversation with Antonio Cassese and a partial transcript of a 1996 interview with Don Anton. The small file of personal materials includes some business correspondence, a formal appraisal for a collection of Felix Frankfurter's letters that Henkin donated to Harvard Law School, Henkin's "Humor" file (including a 1940 parody issue of Harvard Law Review, which he edited), and correspondence relating to awards and festschrifts. The file is arranged alphabetically by topic. Photographs include two sets of professional portraits and three undated snapshots.
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Attorney Certifications, 1989-2004, 1 folders
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Clippings, 1974-2003, 4 folders
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CVs and Directory Bios, 1965-2005, 6 folders
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Day Planners, 1966-2004, (17 volumes)
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Honors and Awards, 1978-2007, 26 folders
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Interviews, 1995-1996, 2 folders
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Personal, 1940-2004, 7 folders
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Photographs, 1985-1995, 3 folders
Series II: Columbia University, 1958-2007
This series covers Henkin's 40+ years as part of the Columbia Law School Faculty. The bulk of the series are course materials from Henkin's teaching activities. Records from Henkin's five years as a professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School are included, to maintain consistency with Henkin's original arrangement. Records containing FERPA-protected student information arerestricted. The series is divided into three subseries.
Subseries II.1: Administrative Files, 1972-2007
This subseries includes Henkin's participation on formal academic and administrative committees as well as routine announcement transmittals and personnel paperwork with his research and teaching assistants. A very small selection of related correspondence is present. Within each file, folders maintain Henkin's original titling and are arranged alphabetically. Six of the folders within the file of Research and Teaching Assistants include student transcripts, and the relevant folders have beenrestrictedfor eighty years from date of record.
Subseries II.2: Course Materials, 1958-2007
Records from Henkin's five years as a professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School (1958-1962) are included, to maintain consistency with Henkin's original arrangement. Columbia University material dates from the mid-1990s to the mid-2000s and is arranged by course title. Materials include bound packets of course readings, drafts, lecture outlines, notes, and syllabi. Folders including FERPA-protected student information such as papers and grades arerestrictedfor eighty years from date of record.
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Comparative Human Rights, 2003
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Student Papers, 2003, 1 folders
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Syllabi, 2003, 1 folders
Constitutional Law, 1958-2005
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Class Notes, 1958-2005, 3 folders
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Course Evaluations, 1999-2003, 2 folders
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Exams, 1995-2005, 2 folders
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Grades, 1996-1998, 1 folders
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Syllabus, 2002, 1 folders
Constitutionalism in Comparative Perspectives, 1992-2005
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Student Papers, 2003-2004, 3 folders
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Syllabi, 1995-2001, 1 folders
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Weekly Outlines and Readings, 1992-2005, 21 folders
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Contracts, 1959-1962
(Henkin taught Contracts at the University of Pennsylvania in the late 1950s and early 1960s before coming to Columbia University)
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Class Notes, 1959-1962, 4 folders
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Syllabi, 1959, 1 folders
Human Rights, 1990-2004
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Bibliographies, 1992, 1 folders
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Course Evaluations, 2002, 1 folders
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Exams, 1994-2004, 3 folders
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Syllabi, 1990-2003, 1 folders
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Weekly Lecture Notes, 1990-2001, 9 folders
Human Rights, Constitutional Rights, 2004-2007
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Bibliographies, 2004, 1 folders
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Grades, 2004-2007, 1 folders
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Student Papers, 2004-2007, 3 folders
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Syllabi, 2006-2007, 1 folders
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Weekly Outlines and Readings, 2005, 4 folders
Subseries II.3: Human Rights at Columbia, 1978-2005
Henkin was active in creating a space for human rights scholarship at Columbia University. The University-wide Center for the Study of Human Rights, founded by Henkin in 1978, was expanded into the Institute for the Study of Human Rights in 2010. Materials include conference announcements, a small selection of correspondence, organizational history, minutes, proposals, and reports. Henkin co-founded the Columbia Law School's Human Rights Institute in 1998. Human Rights Institute materials include some minimal correspondence, meeting minutes, and applications for fellowships and Institute positions.
Series III: Correspondence, 1942-2007
Henkin filed his correspondence by topic, organization, or correspondent name. That arrangement has been preserved, and within each folder, letters are arranged chronologically. Some of the larger topical files include Faculty, Human Rights, and Recommendations. Although transcripts of Henkin's 1942 correspondence with Learned Hand are included, the rest of the material dates from 1966-2007, with the majority dating from the 1990s and 2000s.
Some correspondence was left by Henkin in folders labeled "to be filed" or "miscellaneous" and these letters have not been integrated into the alphabetical series. They have been arranged roughly chronologically. The bulk of this correspondence dates from 1996-2001.
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Alphabetical, 1942-2007, 132 folders
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Alphabetical, 1942-2007, 132 folders
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Alphabetical, 1942-2007, 132 folders
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Chronological, 1984-2005, 34 folders
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Chronological, 1984-2005, 34 folders
Series IV: Professional Activity, 1957-2007
Henkin was involved with a number of non-profits and professional organizations related to his research interests. He founded Lawyers Committee for Human Rights in 1978 (now Human Rights First) and was active in the Aspen Institute, particularly the Justice and Society program directed by his wife. He was also an elected member of the American Philosophical Society and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Major organizational activity is filed, alphabetically, under Organizations. Briefer activities, including his work with the Council of Europe and the Advisory Committee on International Law, are filed under Other Memberships. Materials include agendas, announcements, clippings, conference programs, correspondence, meeting minutes, reading lists and excerpts, and reports.
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Conferences and Symposia, 1987-2007, 12 folders
Organizations, 1957-2006
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American Journal for International Law, 1989-2006, 2 folders
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American Law Institute Restatement of Foreign Relations Law of the United States,, 1957-1984, (8 folders, 35 volumes)
(Henkin served as the Chief Reporter for theRestatement (Third) of Foreign Relations Lawpublished in 1987. As reference material, this file also includes drafts and reports from the first Restatement from the 1950s and 1960s. For the third Restatement, there are three sets of bound drafts: a "Preliminary Draft" submitted to the Advisers of the Restatement, a "Council Draft" submitted by the Advisers to the full ALI Council, and a "Tentative Draft" submitted by the Council to the general ALI membership.)
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American Law Institute Restatement of Foreign Relations Law of the United States,, 1957-1984, (8 folders, 35 volumes)
(Henkin served as the Chief Reporter for theRestatement (Third) of Foreign Relations Lawpublished in 1987. As reference material, this file also includes drafts and reports from the first Restatement from the 1950s and 1960s. For the third Restatement, there are three sets of bound drafts: a "Preliminary Draft" submitted to the Advisers of the Restatement, a "Council Draft" submitted by the Advisers to the full ALI Council, and a "Tentative Draft" submitted by the Council to the general ALI membership.)
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American Philosophical Society, 1990-2006, 9 folders
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American Society of International Law, 1982-2006, 4 folders
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Aspen Institute, 1988-2005, 12 folders
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Ford Foundation, 1991-1993, 3 folders
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Human Rights First, 1989-2006, 8 folders
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Institut de Droit International, 1992-2005, 6 folders
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Instituto Interamericano de Derechos Humanos, 1986-1993, 5 folders
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International Association of Constitutional Law, 1983-2004, 9 folders
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Other Memberships, 1980-2004, 17 folders
Series V: Subject Files, 1950-2007
This series consists of topical materials that Henkin filed separately. There is some overlap with other series, particularly his course materials on Human Rights and International Law, but his original arrangement has been maintained. Records in this series include articles by Henkin and other scholars, citations searches from Westlaw, clippings, correspondence, government publications, journals, legal briefs and opinions, and symposia programs. Materials are arranged alphabetically by topic.
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Amicus Briefs and Court Opinions, 1968-2005, 8 folders
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China, 1979-1993, 5 folders
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Constitutionalism, 1982-2005, 9 folders
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Europe, 1990-1996, 2 folders
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Extradition and the Alien Tort Claims Act, 1966-2004, 4 folders
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France, 1984-2000, 6 folders
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Free Speech, 1989-1992, 2 folders
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Human Rights, 1977-2006, 15 folders
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International Law, 1979-2006, 7 folders
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Israel, 1988-2005, 2 folders
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Japan, 1992-1993, 2 folders
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Law Reviews, 1997-2007, 14 folders
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Law Reviews, 1997-2007, 14 folders
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Refugees, 1950-2005, 8 folders
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South Africa, 1982-1986, 2 folders
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Terrorism and War, 1984-2005, 10 folders
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Torture, 2003-2007, 3 folders
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Treaties, 1987-2004, 7 folders
Series VI: United Nations, 1981-2005
This series is divided into two subseries. The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) is a major organ of the United Nations and includes the subsidiary Commission on Human Rights and various sub-commissions. The more substantive subseries is from the Human Rights Committee, a treaty body of the United Nations implemented under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Henkin was one of the 18 appointed experts from 1999-2002. The HRC provides recommendations on reports and individual complaints submitted by states and their citizens.
Subseries VI.1: Economic and Social Council, 1981-2004
This subseries includes occasional reports and correspondence from the ECOSOC's human rights bodies. Most of the material was sent as courtesy copies to Henkin in response to his involvement in international human rights law. Materials are arranged chronologically.
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Commission on Human Rights, 1989-2004, 2 folders
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Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities,, 1981-1988, 5 folders
Subseries VI.2: Human Rights Committee, 1993-2005
Materials in this subseries include some correspondence between Human Rights Committee members, individual complaints, and records and decisions from the committee's plenary sessions. The bulk of the subseries are the country reports, which consist of states party reports to be discussed in plenary sessions, as well as notes and supporting reports from organizations like Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch. Materials are arranged chronologically.
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Correspondence, 1999-2005, 2 folders
Country Reports, 1993-2003
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Argentina, 1995-2000, 5 folders
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Australia, 1994-2000, 6 folders
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Croatia, 1996-2001, 4 folders
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Czech Republic, 2000-2001, 4 folders
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Democratic People's Republic of Korea, 1995-2003, 10 folders
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Denmark, 1995-1999, 1 folders
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Dominican Republic, 1993-2001, 5 folders
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Gabon, 1999-2000, 1 folders
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Guatemala, 1994-2001, 5 folders
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Ireland, 1998-2000, 5 folders
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Kuwait, 1998-2000, 3 folders
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Kyrgyzstan, 1997-2000, 4 folders
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Monaco, 1994-2001, 1 folders
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Peru, 1996-2000, 6 folders
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Syria, 1999-2001, 5 folders
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Trinidad and Tobago, 1999-2000, 2 folders
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Uzbekistan, 1999-2001, 6 folders
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Venezuela, 1999-2001, 4 folders
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Individual Complaints, 1997-2001, 7 folders
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Plenary Session Decisions, 2000-2002, 9 folders
Series VII: Writings, 1956-2005
Henkin was a prolific writer and speaker, and this series includes materials from throughout his career, although the majority dates from the early 1990s through 2002. Articles include related correspondence, drafts, and offprints, and are arranged by year and then alphabetically by title. The bulk of the Books file is publication agreements, royalty statements, reviews, and related correspondence. The file is arranged alphabetically by book title and includes materials from various revisions and reprintings. Conference Proceedings include some of Henkin's published speeches and reprints of his Congressional testimony, and is arranged by date. Unpublished Speeches and Typescripts include notes and typescripts, along with some related correspondence, filed chronologically. Henkin usually spoke extemporaneously from notes, but frequently formalized his notes after the event for potential later publication and those drafts are included here.
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Articles, 1956-2005, 111 folders
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Articles, 1956-2005, 111 folders
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Books, 1973-2005, 31 folders
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Conference Proceedings, 1965-2002, 20 folders
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Unpublished Speeches and Typescripts, 1974-2004, 45 folders