Jonathan I. Charney (1943 – September 7, 2002) was an American academic, author, lawyer and the Lee S. and Charles A. Spier Professor at Vanderbilt University School of Law in Nashville, Tennessee. [1] He was also co-editor-in-chief of the American Journal of International Law. [2]
Charney earned his BA in 1965 from New York University. His JD was awarded by the University of Wisconsin School of Law. [3]
Charney joined the faculty of Vanderbilt Law School in 1972. [1]
In addition to his academic career, he was a member of the US delegation which negotiated the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea in 1982. [1] Charney was a member of the US delegation at the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOSIII); and he served on the US Advisory Committee on the Law of the Sea. [3]
In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Jonathan Charney, OCLC/ WorldCat encompasses roughly 50+ works in 70+ publications in 5 languages and 800+ library holdings. [4]