Monroe Leigh

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Monroe Leigh (born July 15, 1919 in Halifax , Virginia , † November 27, 2001 in Washington, DC ) was an American lawyer and diplomat .

Life

Leigh received his education at the University of Virginia , where he graduated in law in 1947. This was interrupted by his voluntary military service in World War II , which he performed as a member of the Ninth Air Force . After graduating, he worked as a lawyer in the Washington office of Covington & Burling law firm until 1951 , before entering the civil service for a position with the US Permanent Mission to NATO . In 1959 he switched back to the private sector and worked for the law firm Steptoe & Johnson .

Between 1975 and 1977, Leigh served as legal advisor to Secretary of State Henry Kissinger . In this position he was involved in diplomatic missions in connection with the Mayaguez incident and the Yom Kippur war . He was later promoted to Managing Partner in International Law at Septoe & Johnson . As such, he advised companies on foreign direct investment and energy law . Between 1980 and 1982 he was chairman of the American Society for International Law . He also sat on a commission of the American Bar Association on the subject of war crimes until 2000 and represented the organization at the conference in Rome . In his publications he then criticized the US's refusal to accede to the Rome Statute. On November 27, 2001, Leigh died of acute heart failure in his office . He left behind his wife, Mary Gallaher, and three children.

Publications (selection)

  • National treaty law and practice . American Society of International Law, Washington DC 1995-2003.
  • The Yugoslav Tribunal: use of unnamed witnesses against accused . In: The American Journal of International Law . 90, 1996, ISSN  0002-9300 , pp. 235-238.
  • Witness anonymity is inconsistent with due process . In: The American Journal of International Law . 90, 1996, ISSN  0002-9300 , pp. 80-83.
  • The United States and the Statute of Rome . In: The American Journal of International Law . 95, 2001, ISSN  0002-9300 , pp. 124-131.
  • International law societies and the development of international law . In: Virginia journal of international law . 41, 2001, ISSN  0042-6571 , pp. 941-951.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Legal Expert Monroe Leigh Dies at 82nd Associated Press , November 30, 2001, accessed August 13, 2013 .
  2. ↑ Short biography on the homepage of the American Society of International Law ( Memento of the original from January 8, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.asil.org
personal data
SURNAME Leigh, Monroe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer, President of the American Society for International Law
DATE OF BIRTH July 15, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Halifax , Virginia
DATE OF DEATH November 27, 2001
Place of death Washington, DC