Leon Samuel Lipson

Background

Leon Lipson was born on August 4, 1921 in Chelsea, Massachusetts, United States.

Education

In 1941 Leon Lipson received Bachelor of Arts at Harvard University, then Master of Arts in 1943, and Bachelor of Laws in 1950.

Career

Lipson gained prominence in the field of international law. He began a thirty-five- year teaching career in 1957 at Yale University’s Law School. Lipson was well-versed in Soviet law, as well as space law. In addition to his teaching career, Lipson also served as an adviser to the United Nations and as a member of the board of Social Science Research Council.

In 1961 he authored a project for NASA with Nicholas de Belleville Katzenbach, entitled Report to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration on the Law of Outer Space. He also contributed to Soviet and Chinese Communism: Similarities and Differences, Prospects for Soviet Society, and translated August Stern’s The U.S.S.R. Versus Dr. Mikhail Stern: Soviet Justice Versus Human Rights.

Achievements

• Leon Lipson is famous for his book Who’s Who in American Law, writen in 1991.

Works

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  • Law and the Social Sciences 1988
  • Study of Policy Gguidance Provided for us Military Government in Germany WWI 1960
  • Papers on Soviet Law 1977

Membership

Leon Lipson is a member of American Association Advancement Slavic Studies.