In 1994 the American Society of International Law published the collected presidential notes of Louis Henkin entitled "Taking International Law Seriously", in which he appealed to U.S. officials to comply with international law obligations, and to act in bona fide in respect to international law. In 1994 Justice Blackmun made the famous statement: "Taking international law seriously where the death penalty is concerned draws into question the United States' entire capital punishment enterprise." More than ten years have passed in which the world has experienced a humanitarian intervention in former Yugoslavia, the horrific terrorist attacks of September 11 and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. The law has changed, the world has changed; only the United States persistently maintains its old attitude towards international law. The authors analyze this anachronism in Taking International Law Seriously, with the underlying assumption that nations, in relationship to! one another, should treat international law as authoritative.
Helen Adams Keller was an American author, political activist and lecturer. She was the first deafblind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree. The story of how Keller's teacher, Annie Sullivan, broke through the isolation imposed by a near complete lack of language, allowing the girl to blossom as she learned to communicate, has become known worldwide through the dramatic depictions of the play and film The Miracle Worker.
A prolific author, Keller was well traveled and was outspoken in her opposition to war. She campaigned for women's suffrage, workers' rights, and socialism, as well as many other progressive causes.
Keller devoted much of her later life to raising funds for the American Foundation for the Blind. On September 14, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson awarded Helen Keller the Presidential Medal of Freedom, one of the United States' highest two civilian honors.
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