The members of the 2026-2027 Honors Committee (Susan Karamanian (Chair), Colleen Graffy, D. Steven Mathias, Patricia Viseur Sellers, and Sean Murphy) invited nominations (including self-nominations) for the honors below.

Honorees will be selected by the Society’s Executive Council on the recommendation of the Honors Committee, and the honors are presented each year at the Society’s Annual Meeting. To view all past recipients, click here.

The deadline for nominations was August 23. Please contact [email protected] with any questions. Thank you to all who submitted.
 

The Manley O. Hudson Medal

Awarded to a distinguished person of American or other nationality for outstanding contributions to scholarship and achievement in international law.

The Goler T. Butcher Medal

Awarded to a distinguished person of American or other nationality for outstanding contributions to the development or effective realization of international human rights.

The Honorary Member Award

Conferred on an individual of American or other nationality who has rendered distinguished contributions or service in the field of international law.
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ASIL Book Awards


Call for Book Award Nominations is live.

The 2026–2027 Book Awards Committee (Ed Swaine (Chair), Dan Bodansky, Adrien Wing, Janina Dill, Valerie Oosterveld, Laura Dickinson, and Paul Stephan) is now accepting nominations for the 2027 ASIL Book Awards.

Pursuant to the Regulation on the Book Awards Committee, and as stated in the Call for Nominations, the deadline for nominations is October 1, 2026. Publishers may nominate up to ten books for Certificates of Merit and up to three books for the Robert E. Dalton Award. All books must be published prior to October 1 but not earlier than February 1, 2025.)

ASIL will accept electronic books (e-books) for consideration. Publishers should send e-books to [email protected]. Publishers must also send at least one physical paper copy of each book to ASIL’s headquarters by the October 1 deadline to be eligible to participate in the book awards process. Publishers will also mail a book to any committee member who is unable to read e-books or if the book is unavailable as an e-book.
Please contact [email protected] with questions.

American Society of International Law
ASIL Book Awards Committee
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2026 Certificate of Merit winners

  • Certificate of Merit for a preeminent contribution to creative scholarship: Micha Wiebusch, A Theory on Africanizing International Law (Pretoria University Law Press, 2024)
  • Certificate of Merit for high technical craftsmanship and utility to lawyers and scholars: Andreas Kulick and Michael Waibel (eds), General International Law in International Investment Law: A Commentary (Oxford University Press, 2024)
  • Certificate of Merit in a specialized area of international law: Amrita Bahri, Trade Agreements and Women: Transcending Barriers (Oxford University Press, 2025)

  • Robert E. Dalton Award for Outstanding Contribution in the Field of Foreign Relations Law: Allison Powers, Arbitrating Empire: United States Expansion and the Transformation of International Law (Oxford University Press, 2025)

David D. Caron Prize

David D. Caron

The David D. Caron Prize is awarded for the best paper presented at the ASIL Research Forum by (a) a student currently enrolled in a graduate program; or (b) a person who received a graduate degree not more than five years prior to the date of the Research Forum at which the paper is presented. The Prize is announced at the Research Forum and the recipient receives a travel stipend to attend the formal presentation at the Society’s subsequent Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. The Prize includes a travel stipend to enable the recipient to attend the Society’s Annual Meeting to receive the Prize. For more about David D. Caron, his legacy, the David D. Caron Fund, and past winners, visit here.

2025 David D. Caron Prize Winner

Tran Hoang Tu Linh, Ho Chi Minh City University of Law, “Intrastate Legal Pluralism in a Unified Arbitration System: Empirical Insights from Vietnam”

Deák Prize

The annual Francis Deák Prize is awarded to a younger author for meritorious scholarship published in the American Journal of International Law (AJIL). The prize was established by Philip Cohen in 1973, in memory of Francis Deák, former head of the international law program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and editor of American International Law Cases, 1783-1963, the first volume of which was published in 1971, the year before his death.The award is made in the spring following the volume year in which the article appeared. A list of previous winners can be found here. The Deák Prize is sponsored by Cambridge University Press which awards recipients with $250-worth of CUP books.

2026

Cameron Miles, “Implied Terms for Treaties” AJIL Volume 119, Issue 1

Francis Deák