Eric Stein

Eric Stein (born  July 8, 1913 in Holice , †  July 28, 2011 in Ann Arbor , Michigan ) was an American lawyer . He was a professor at the University of Michigan from 1955 to 1983 and worked in the areas of international and European law as well as constitutional law and comparative law . In recognition of his achievements, he was honored with the Manley O. Hudson Medal of the American Society for International Law and the Czech Medal of Merit .

Life

Eric Stein, who was of Jewish descent, was born in 1913 in the Bohemian town of Holice , which at the time was part of Austria-Hungary . He received his legal education at the Charles University in Prague , where he obtained his doctorate in 1937 . Two years later he emigrated to the United States via Italy , where he subsequently completed studies in American law at the University of Michigan in 1942 as a Juris Doctor .

After serving in the United States Army during the Second World War , he was initially employed in the UN department of the United States Department of State from 1946 , before returning to the University of Michigan in 1955, where he took up a professorship in international law and organization. He also acted as legal advisor to the American delegations to the UN General Assembly , the American representatives in the UN Security Council and the USA in proceedings before the International Court of Justice in The Hague . In 1971 he also lectured at the Hague Academy for International Law . From 1976 he was the owner of Hessel E. Yntema Chair at the University of Michigan, where he seven years later emeritus was.

Eric Stein was married from 1955. He died in Ann Arbor in 2011 at the age of 98 .

Act

Eric Stein's legal work focused on international law , particularly in the areas of disarmament and arms control law , international business law and the law of international organizations such as the United Nations and the European Communities , as well as European law , constitutional law and comparative law . After 1990 he supported Czechoslovakia and, after its dissolution, the Czech Republic in drafting a new constitution . His academic students included Jochen Abraham Frowein , Joseph HH Weiler and Bruno Simma .

Awards

In recognition of his work, Eric Stein was named honorary editor of the American Journal of International Law and honorary vice president of the American Society for International Law , which also awarded him its highest honor in 2011 with the Manley O. Hudson Medal . He also received Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society of Comparative Law (2004) and the European Union Studies Association (2005) and honorary doctorates from both the Dutch- speaking Vrije Universiteit Brussel and the French-speaking Université Libre de Bruxelles and the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen . In 2001 he was awarded the Czech Medal of Merit in the first stage by Václav Havel . His hometown of Holice made him an honorary citizen . At the University of Michigan is the Eric Stone Distinguished University Professorship of Law and Sociology , a chair named after him.

Works (selection)

• American Enterprise in the European Common Market. A Legal Profile. Series: Michigan Legal Studies. Two volumes. Ann Arbor 1960 (as Associate Editor), ( Online ), ( Online )
• Diplomats, Scientists, and Politicians: The United States and the Nuclear Test Ban Negotiations. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 1966 (co-author), ( online )
• Cases and Materials on the Law and Institutions of the Atlantic Area. Two volumes. Ann Arbor 1963; further editions in the Contemporary Legal Education Series under the titles Law and Institutions in the Atlantic Area. Readings, Cases and Problems , Indianapolis 1967, and European Community Law and Institutions in Perspective , Indianapolis 1976 (as co-author)
• Harmonization of European Company Laws: National Reform and Co-ordination. Indianapolis 1971
• Post-communist Constitution-making: Confessions of a Comparatist. San Domenico 1992
• Czecho / Slovakia: Ethnic Conflict, Constitutional Fissure, Negotiated Breakup. Ann Arbor 1997, ISBN 0-472-08628-6 , ( online )
• Thoughts from a Bridge: A Retrospective of Writings on new Europe and American Federalism. Ann Arbor 2000

literature

• Mathias Reimann: The End of an Era: A Tribute to Eric Stein (1913-2011). In: American Journal of Comparative Law. 89 (4) / 2011. American Society of Comparative Law, pp. 855-858, ISSN  0002-919X
• Eric Stein Vita. In: Festschrift in Honor of Eric Stein. Published as: Michigan Law Review. 82/1984. Michigan Law Review Association, pp. 1149-1156, ISSN  0026-2234 (with bibliography)
• Biographical Data. Eric Stein, born in Czechoslovakia, July 8, 1913. In: Recueil des cours (Académie de droit international). Volume 133. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Den Haag 1972, ISBN 9-02-860092-2 , pp. 229-232
• Alexandra Kemmerer: Europe did not let him go. On the death of the great legal scholar Eric Stein. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . In the features section of the August 3, 2011 edition
• Stone, Eric. In: Who's Who in America 2006. Marquis Who's Who, New Providence, NJ, 2005, Volume 2 (MZ) p. 4525

Web links

• University of Michigan Law School - History and Traditions: Eric Stein (English, with picture)