American Society of International Law

The American Society of International Law, English American Society of International Law ( ASIL ), is a non-profit and impartial scientific organization in the United States, founded in 1906. It has its headquarters in Washington, D.C. 1950 and received recognition from the U.S. Congress ( Congressional charter) registered under the United States Code.

The ASIL has approximately 4,000 members from approximately 100 countries. The aim of the organization is to support the teaching and research in the field of international law and the establishment and continuation of international relations on the basis of law and justice. It has observer status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations and publishes a variety of publications, including one with the American Journal of International Law one of the most prestigious journals in the field of international law. The highest award of the Society award is the Manley O. Hudson Medal, in addition, the ASIL gives inter alia, the Goler T. Butcher - Medal for excellence in the field of human rights and honorary membership to foreign lawyers with outstanding achievements in area of international law.

As President of the American Society of International Law functioned among others Elihu Root (1907-1924), Charles Evans Hughes (1924-1929), Cordell Hull (1939-1942), Manley Ottmer Hudson (1949-1952), Philip Jessup ( 1954 - 1955), Myres Smith McDougal ( 1958-1959 ), Hardy Cross Dillard ( 1962-1963 ), John Reese Stevenson ( 1966-1968 ), Oscar Schachter ( 1968-1970 ), Harold Dwight Lasswell ( 1970-1972 ), Richard Reeve Baxter (1974-1976), Clarence Clyde Ferguson Jr. (1978-1980), son Louis Bruno (1988-1990), Edith Brown Weiss (1992-1994), Louis Henkin (1994-1996), Charles N. Brower (1996 - 1998), Thomas M. Franck ( 1998-2000) and Anne- Marie Slaughter (2002-2004).