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Meron, Theodor was born on April 28, 1930 in Kalisz, Poland. Son of Yhiel and Bluma (Lipschitz) Znamirowski. came to the United States, 1978, naturalized, 1984.
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War is a major theme in Shakespeare's plays. Aside from its dramatic appeal, it provided him with a context in which his characters, steeped in the ideals of chivalry, could discuss such concepts as honor, courage, patriotism, and justice. Well aware of the decline of chivalry in his own era, Shakespeare gave his characters lines calling for civilized behavior, mercy, humanitarian principles, and moral responsibility. In this remarkable new book, eminent legal scholar Theodor Meron looks at contemporary international humanitarian law and rules for the conduct of war through the lens of Shakespeare's plays and discerns chivalry's influence there. The book comes as a response to the question of whether the world has lost anything by having a system of law based on the Hague and Geneva conventions. Meron contends that, despite the foolishness and vanity of its most extreme manifestations, chivalry served as a customary law that restrained and humanized the conflicts of the generally chaotic and brutal Middle Ages. It had the advantage of resting on the sense that rules arise naturally out of societies, their armed forces, and their rulers on the basis of experience. Against a background of Medieval and Renaissance sources as well as Shakespeare's historical and dramatic settings, Meron considers the ways in which law, morality, conscience, and state necessity are deployed in Shakespeare's plays to promote a society in which soldiers behave humanely and leaders are held to high standards of civilized behavior. Thus he illustrates the literary genealogy of such modern international humanitarian concerns as the treatment of prisoners and of noncombatants and accountability for war crimes, showing that the chivalric legacy has not been lost entirely. Fresh and insightful, Bloody Constraint will interest scholars of international law, lovers of Shakespeare, and anyone interested in the history of war.
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Meron, Theodor was born on April 28, 1930 in Kalisz, Poland. Son of Yhiel and Bluma (Lipschitz) Znamirowski. came to the United States, 1978, naturalized, 1984.
Michael Jackson, Hebrew U., 1954;
Master of Laws, Harvard University, 1955;
Scientiae Juridicae Doctor, Harvard University, 1957;
diploma in Public International Law, Cambridge U., England, 1957.
Legal advisor to, Foreign Ministry of Israel, 1967-1971;
Israeli ambassador to Canada, 1971-1975;
permanent representative, Geneva, 1977;
professor of law, School Law, New York University, New York City, since 1978. Carnegie lecturer Hague Academy International Law, 1980. Sir Hersch Lauterpacht Memorial lecturer.
Visiting fellow All Souls College, University of Oxford, England, Max-Planck Institute, Heidelberg, Germany. Visiting professor Graduate Institute International Studies, Geneva, professor of law, 1991-1995. Public member United States Delaware Conference on Human Dimension Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, Copenhagen, 1998.
Member United States delegate to the Rome Diplomatic Conference on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court.
Theodor Meron has been listed as a noteworthy Law educator, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.
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Board of directors Helsinki Watch, Americas Watch, International League of Human Rights. Member American Society International Law (Certified Merit 1987), French Society Internat.Law, International Law Association, Canada Council on International Law, Council on Fgn.Rels., United Nations Association of the United States (honorary).
Married Monique Jonquet, March 13, 1981. Children: Daniel, Amos.
