The Francis Deák Prize (1973 – Present) American Society of International Law

The annual Francis Deák Prize is awarded to a younger author for meritorious scholarship published in The American Journal of International Law (AJIL). The prize was established by Philip Cohen in 1973, in memory of Francis Deák, former head of the international law program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and editor of American International Law Cases, 1783-1963, the first volume of which was published in 1971, the year before his death. The award is sponsored by Oxford University Press and made in the spring following the volume year in which the article appeared.

2022: (1) Zachary Mollengarden & Noam Zamir, “The Monetary Gold Principle: Back to Basics”, 115 AJIL 41 (2021)

(2) Stratos Pahis, “BITs & Bonds: The International Law and Economics of Sovereign Debt”, 115 AJIL 242 (2021) 

2021:   Jay Butler, “The Corporate Keepers of International Law,” 114 AJIL 189 (2020)

 2020:   Julian Arato, “The Private Law Critique of International Investment Law,” 113 AJIL 1 (2019)

2019:   No award made

2018:   Megan Donaldson, “Survival of the Secret Treaty: Publicity, Secrecy, and Legality in the International Order,” 111 AJIL 575 (2017)

2017:   No award made

2016:   No award made

2015:   Tom Ruys, “The Meaning of ‘Force’ and the Boundaries of the Jus Ad Bellum: Are ‘Minimal’ Uses of Force Excluded from UN Charter Article 2(4)?” 108 AJIL 159 (2014)

2014:   Kristina Daugirdas, “Congress Underestimated: The Case of the World Bank,” 107 AJIL 517 (2013)

2013:   Robert D. Sloane, “On the Use and Abuse of Necessity in the Law of State Responsibility,” 106 AJIL 447 (2012)

2012:   Maximo Langer, “The Diplomacy of Universal Jurisdiction: The Political Branches and the Transnational Prosecution of International Crimes,” 105 AJIL 1 (2011)

2011:   Anthea Roberts, “Power and Persuasion in Investment Treaty Interpretation: The Dual Role of States,” 104 AJIL 179 (2010)

2010:   (1) Jacob Katz Cogan, “Representation and Power in International Organization: The Operational Constitution and Its Critics,” 103 AJIL 209 (2009)

(2) Galit A. Sarfaty, “Why Culture Matters in International Institutions: The Marginality of Human Rights at the World Bank,” 103 AJIL 647 (2009)

2009:   Nicholas DiMascio and Joost Pauwelyn, “Non-Discrimination in Trade and Investment Treaties: Worlds Apart or Two Sides of the Same Coin,” 102 AJIL 48 (2008) 

2008:   Michael Waibel, “Opening Pandora’s Box: Sovereign Bonds in International Arbitration,” 101 AJIL 711 (2007)

2007:   Christine Bell, “Peace Agreements: Their Nature and Legal Status,” 100 AJIL 373 (2006)

2006:   No award made

2005:   No award made

2004:   Allison Marston Danner, “Enhancing the Legitimacy and Accountability of Prosecutorial Discretion at the International Criminal Court,” 97 AJIL 510(2003)

2003:   John Knox, “The Myth and Reality of Transboundary Environmental Impact Assessment,” 96 AJIL 291 (2002)

2002:   Anthea Roberts, “Traditional and Modern Approaches to Customary International Law: A Reconciliation,” 95 AJIL 757 (2001)

2001:   No award made

2000:   Hannes L. Schloemann and Stefan Ohlhoff, “Constitutionalization and Dispute Settlement in the WTO: National Security as an Issue of Competence,” 93 AJIL 424 (1999)

1999:   Benedict Kingsbury, “‘Indigenous Peoples’ in International Law: A Constructivist Approach to the Asian Controversy,” 92 AJIL 414 (1998) 

1998:   Jutta Brunnee and Stephen J. Toope, “Environmental Security and Freshwater Resources: Ecosystem Regime Building,” 91 AJIL 26 (1997)

1997:   Eyal Benvenisti, “Collective Action in the Utilization of Shared Freshwater: The Challenges of International Water Resources Law,” 90 AJIL 384 (1996)

1996:   Carlos Manuel Vasquez, “The Four Doctrines of Self-Executing Treaties,” 89 AJIL 695 (1995)

1995:   Sean D. Murphy, “Prospective Liability Regimes for the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Wastes,” 88 AJIL 24 (1994)

1994:   (1) Anne-Marie Slaughter Burley, “International Law and International Relations Theory: A Dual Agenda,” 87 AJIL 205 (1993)

(2) Stephen R. Ratner, “The Cambodia Settlement Agreements,” 87 AJIL 1 (1993)

1993:   No award made

1992:   Hilary Charlesworth, Christine Chinkin and Shelley Wright, “Feminist Approaches to International Law,” 85 AJIL 613 (1991)

1991:   David D. Caron, “The Nature of the Iran-United States Claim Tribunal and the Evolving Structure of International Dispute Resolution,” 84 AJIL 104 (1990)

1990:   Anne-Marie Slaughter Burley, “The Alien Tort Statute and the Judiciary Act of 1789: A Badge of Honor,” 83 AJIL 461 (1989)

1989:   David J. Bederman, “The 1871 London Declaration, Rebus Sic Stantibus and a Primitivist View of the Law of Nations,” 82 AJIL 1 (1988)

1988:   Elisabeth Zoller, “The ‘Corporate Will’ of the United Nations and the Rights of the Minority,” 81 AJIL 610 (1987)

1987:   Christine M. Chinkin, “Third Party Intervention before the International Court of Justice,” 80 AJIL 495 (1986)

1986:   Alberto R. Coll, “Functionalism and the Balance of Interests in the Law of the Sea: Cuba’s Role,” 79 AJIL 891 (1985)

1985:   Michael J. Glennon, “The War Powers Resolution Ten Years Later: More Politics Than Law,” 78 AJIL 571 (1984)

1984:   David J. Gerber, “The Extraterritorial Application of the German Antitrust Laws,” 77 AJIL 756 (1983)

1983:   Ted L. Stein, “Contempt, Crisis and the Court: the World Court and the Hostage Rescue Attempt,” 76 AJIL 499 (1982)

1982:   Barry Buzan, “Negotiating by Consensus: Developments in Technique at the United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea,” 75 AJIL 324 (1981)

1981:   (1) Lori Fisler Damrosch, “Retaliation or Arbitration-or Both? The 1978 United States-France Aviation Dispute,” 74 AJIL 785 (1980)

(2) Tulio Treves, “Military Installations, Structures, and Devices on the Seabed,” 74 AJIL 808 (1980)

1980:   No award made

1979:   Farrokh Jhabvala, “Declarations by Judges of the International Court of Justice,” 72 AJIL 830 (1978)

1978:   Bernard Oxman, “The Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea: The 1976 New York Sessions,” 71 AJIL 247 (1977), “The 1977 New York Session,” 72 AJIL 57  (1978)

1977:   Richard W. Edwards, Jr., “The Currency Exchange Rate Provisions of the Proposed Amended Articles of Agreement of the International Monetary Fund,” 70 AJIL 722 (1976)

1976:   Gunther Handl, “Territorial Sovereignty and the Problem of Transnational Pollution,” 69 AJIL 50 (1975)

1975:   Allan E. Gottlieb, Charles Dalfen & Kenneth Katz, “The Transborder Transfer of Information by Communications and Computer Systems: Issues and Approaches to Guiding Principles,” 68 AJIL 227 (1974)

1974:   Frederic L. Kirgis, “Technological Challenge to the Shared Environment: United States Practice,” 66 AJIL 290 (1972)

1973:   Deak Prize established