Shaping Foreign Policy in Times of Crisis Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword: America's Conscience on International Law
- Introduction
- SHAPING FOREIGN POLICY IN TIMES OF CRISIS
- 1 The Compliance Debate
- 2 A Brief History of L
- 3 The Path to L
- 4 The Carter Administration – Herbert J. Hansell (1977–1979)
- 5 The Carter Administration – Roberts B. Owen (1979–1981)
- 6 The Reagan Administration – Davis R. Robinson (1981–1985)
- 7 The Reagan and Bush Administrations – Abraham D. Sofaer (1985–1990)
- 8 The Bush (41st) Administration – Edwin D. Williamson (1990–1993)
- 9 The Bush (41st) Administration – Michael J. Matheson
- 10 The Clinton Administration – Conrad K. Harper (1993–1996)
- 11 The Clinton Administration – David R. Andrews (1997–2000)
- 12 The Bush (43rd) Administration – William H. Taft IV (2001–2005)
- 13 The Bush (43rd) Administration – John B. Bellinger III (2005–2009)
- 14 Department of State Legal Advisers' Roundtable
- 15 Foreign Legal Advisers' Roundtable
- 16 Lawyering the Treatment of Detainees in the War on Terrorism
- 17 Conclusion
- Glossary of Terms
- Notes
- Annex: Legal Advisers of the U.S. Department of State
- Select Bibliography of Legal Scholarship by Department of State Legal Advisers
- About the Authors
- Other Books by the Authors
- Index
3 - The Path to L
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword: America's Conscience on International Law
- Introduction
- SHAPING FOREIGN POLICY IN TIMES OF CRISIS
- 1 The Compliance Debate
- 2 A Brief History of L
- 3 The Path to L
- 4 The Carter Administration – Herbert J. Hansell (1977–1979)
- 5 The Carter Administration – Roberts B. Owen (1979–1981)
- 6 The Reagan Administration – Davis R. Robinson (1981–1985)
- 7 The Reagan and Bush Administrations – Abraham D. Sofaer (1985–1990)
- 8 The Bush (41st) Administration – Edwin D. Williamson (1990–1993)
- 9 The Bush (41st) Administration – Michael J. Matheson
- 10 The Clinton Administration – Conrad K. Harper (1993–1996)
- 11 The Clinton Administration – David R. Andrews (1997–2000)
- 12 The Bush (43rd) Administration – William H. Taft IV (2001–2005)
- 13 The Bush (43rd) Administration – John B. Bellinger III (2005–2009)
- 14 Department of State Legal Advisers' Roundtable
- 15 Foreign Legal Advisers' Roundtable
- 16 Lawyering the Treatment of Detainees in the War on Terrorism
- 17 Conclusion
- Glossary of Terms
- Notes
- Annex: Legal Advisers of the U.S. Department of State
- Select Bibliography of Legal Scholarship by Department of State Legal Advisers
- About the Authors
- Other Books by the Authors
- Index
Summary
IN THIS CHAPTER, EACH OF THE TEN LEGAL ADVISERS (IN CHROnological order of service) describes his background and how he came to be appointed to the post. As indicated in their narratives, the approach of each Legal Adviser to the role of international law was distinctly shaped by their previous legal experience, and in some cases by their previous service with the U.S. Government.
Herbert J. Hansell (Carter Administration)
I believe I was nominated to be Legal Adviser at the outset of the Carter Administration because Cyrus Vance and Warren Christopher, President Carter's appointees to be Secretary of State and Deputy Secretary, each had known me and my legal experience quite well.
I had encountered each of them often in the course of our respective legal and civic service careers. Vance and I had worked together in connection with creation of Amtrak, and also in raising funds for Yale Law School, of which we both were graduates. Christopher and I had worked with one another as directors of the lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, a national organization created at the instance of President Kennedy to involve private-sector lawyers in the pursuit of equality for minorities; and when he was Deputy Attorney General in the Johnson Administration, we also had discussed the possibility of my serving in the Justice Department.
I first learned that Vance and Christopher were considering me as a prospect for nomination as Legal Adviser in a telephone call from one of them in December 1976.
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- Shaping Foreign Policy in Times of CrisisThe Role of International Law and the State Department Legal Adviser, pp. 19 - 36Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010