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Thomas M. Franck (1931–2009)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2017

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References

1 A phrase usefully employed by Kingsbury, Benedict Neo-Madisonian Global Constitutionalism: Thomas M. Franck’s Democratic Cosmopolitan Prospectus for Managing Diversity and World Order in the Twenty-first Century, 35 N.Y.U. J. Int’l L. & Pol. 291, 294 (2003)Google Scholar.

2 Franck, Thomas M. Nation Against Nation: What Happened to the U.N. Dream and What the U.S. Can Do About it (1985).Google Scholar

3 Franck, Thomas M. Political Questions/Judicial Answers: Does the Rule of Law Apply to Foreign Affairs? (1992).Google Scholar

4 See note 17 infra.

5 Territorial Dispute (Libya/Chad), 1994 ICJ Rep. 6 (Feb. 3).

6 Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosn. & Herz. v. Yugo.), Preliminary Objections, 1996 ICJ Rep. 595 (July 11)Google Scholar; Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosn. & Herz. v. Serb. & Mont.) (Int’l Ct. Justice Feb. 26, 2007).

7 Application of the Interim Accord of 13 September 1995 (the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia v. Greece) (filed Nov. 17, 2008).

8 Sovereignty over Pulau Ligitan and Pulau Sipadan (Indon./Malay.), Application by the Philippines for Permission to Intervene, 2001 ICJ Rep. 575 (Oct. 23); Sovereignty over Pulau Ligitan and Pulau Sipadan (Indon./ Malay.), 2002 ICJ Rep. 625 (Dec. 17).

9 Guyana/Suriname (UN Law of the Sea Annex VII Arb. Trib., Perm. Ct. Arb. Sept. 17, 2007).

10 Franck, Thomas M. Recourse to Force: State Action Against Threats and Armed Attacks (2002).CrossRefGoogle Scholar

11 Chesterman, Simon Franck, Thomas M. & Malone, David M. Law and Practice of the United Nations: Documents and Commentary (2008)Google Scholar. in 2008 there also appeared a new edition of his casebook Franck, Thomas M. Glennon, Michael J. & Murphy, Sean D. Foreign Relations and National Security Law (3d ed. 2008).Google Scholar

12 Franck, Thomas M. The International Judge and the Principled Imperative, in Weltinnenrecht: Liber Amicorum Jost Delbrück 267 (Dicke, Klaus ed., 2005)Google Scholar; Franck, Thomas M. Legitimacy After Kosovo and Iraq, in International Law and the Use of Force at the Turn of the Centuries: Essays in Honour of V. D. Degan 69 (Crnić-Grotić, V. & Matulović, M. eds., 2005)Google Scholar; Franck, Thomas M. Rethinking Collective Security, in International Law and Armed Conflict: Exploring the Faultlines: Essays in Honour of Yoram Dinstein 21 (Schmitt, Michael N. & Pejic, Jelena eds., 2007)CrossRefGoogle Scholar; Franck, Thomas M. The Centipede and the Centrifuge: Principles for the Centralisation and Decentralisation of Governance, in The Shifting Allocation of Authority in International Law: Considering Sovereignty, Supremacy and Subsidiarity: Essays in Honour of Professor Ruth Lapidoth 19 (Broude, Tomer & Shany, Yuval eds., 2008).Google Scholar

13 Franck, supra note 10.

14 Kennedy, David Tom Franck and the Manhattan School, 35 N.Y.U. J. Int’l L. & Pol. 397, 397 (2003).Google Scholar

15 Michael Reisman and Jonathan Charney were elected together as editors in chief of the Journal for a five-year term from 1998 to 2003, but after the premature death of Professor Charney in 2002, Professor Reisman completed the term on his own.

16 Franck, Thomas M. On Proportionality of Countermeasures in International Law, 102 AJIL 715 (2008).CrossRefGoogle Scholar

17 Glennon, Michael J. & Franck, Thomas M. , United States Foreign Relations Law: Documents and Sources (1980)Google Scholar; Franck, Thomas M. Nation Against Nation, supra note 2Google Scholar; Franck, Thomas M. Political Questions/Judicial Answers, supra note 3Google Scholar; Franck, Thomas M. Fairness in International Law and Institutions (1995).Google Scholar

18 The Canadian Council of International Law awarded him its Read Medal for an outstanding contribution to international law and organizations in 1994.

19 Franck, Thomas M. Of Gnats and Camels: Is There a Double Standard at the United Nations? 78 AJIL 811 (1984).CrossRefGoogle Scholar

20 Franck, The Centipede and the Centrifuge, supra note 12.

21 Franck, Thomas M. & Bob, Clifford A. The Return of Humpty-Dumpty: Foreign Relations Law After the Chadha Case, 79 AJIL 912 (1985).CrossRefGoogle Scholar

22 Franck, Thomas M. Who Killed Article 2(4)? or: ChangingNorms Governing the Use of Force by States, 64 AJIL 809 (1970).CrossRefGoogle Scholar Franck revisited this question in his Agora contribution on the Iraq conflict, What Happens Now? The United Nations After Iraq, 97 AJIL 607 (2003).Google Scholar

23 On this, see Kennedy, supra note 14, at 406.

24 Koskenniemi, Martti Legal Cosmopolitanism: Tom Franck’sMessianic World, 35 N.Y.U. J. Int’l L. & Pol. 471, 484 (2003).Google Scholar

25 Franck, Fairness in International Law and Institutions, supra note 17.

26 Legitimacy was another subject on which Franck did innovative work. Franck, Thomas M. Legitimacy in the International System, 82 AJIL 705 (1988)CrossRefGoogle Scholar; Franck, Thomas M. The Power of Legitimacy Among Nations (1990).Google Scholar

27 See Franck, Thomas M. The Emerging Right to Democratic Governance, 86 AJIL 46 (1992).CrossRefGoogle Scholar

28 Franck, Fairness in International Law and Institutions, supra note 17, at 16-18.

29 See the sometimes stringent analysis of his writings made by certain of the contributors to the 2002 conference in his honor held at New York University, International Law andJustice in the Twenty-first Century: The Enduring Contributions of Thomas M. Franck, 35 N.Y.U. J. Int’l L. & Pol. 291 (2003).Google Scholar

30 Franck, Thomas M. Remarks, in In What Sense Is International Law Law? (Mar. 26, 2009), available athtup-.lI www.asil.org/thomas-franck.cfm Google Scholar (transcript). The panel can also be ordered in audio form from the ASIL Web site.