The Grotius Lectures is a series of annual lectures sponsored by the

American Society of International Law The American Society of International Law (ASIL), founded in 1906, was chartered by the United States Congress in 1950 to foster the study of international law, and to promote the establishment and maintenance of international relations on the ba ...

since 1999. The lecture is named in honour of the famous

Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ...

jurist A jurist is a person with expert knowledge of law; someone who analyses and comments on law. This person is usually a specialist legal scholar, mostly (but not always) with a formal qualification in law and often a legal practitioner. In the Un ...

Hugo Grotius Hugo Grotius (; 10 April 1583 – 28 August 1645), also known as Huig de Groot () and Hugo de Groot (), was a Dutch humanist, diplomat, lawyer, theologian, jurist, poet and playwright. A teenage intellectual prodigy, he was born in Delf ...

(1583–1645), considered by many to be the 'father of international law.' Over the past decade, the lecture has been delivered by a leading

international law International law (also known as public international law and the law of nations) is the set of rules, norms, and standards generally recognized as binding between states. It establishes normative guidelines and a common conceptual framework for ...

scholar or international lawyer. The lecture is customarily read at the opening of the annual meeting of the ASIL, usually held in late March or April each year. {, border="0" , + Grotius Lecture ! !! Date !! Speaker !! Title !! ASIL Annual Meeting , - !01 !! 1999 !! Christopher Weeramantry & Nathaniel Berman !! Tribute to Grotius !! 93rd , - !02 !! 2000 !!

Kader Asmal Abdul Kader Asmal (8 October 1934 – 22 June 2011) was a South African politician. He was a professor of human rights at the University of the Western Cape, chairman of the council of the University of the North and vice-president of the A ...

!! International Law and Practice, Dealing with the Past in the SA Experience !! 94th , - !03 !! 2001 !!

Jean Bethke Elshtain Jean Paulette Bethke Elshtain (1941–2013) was an American ethicist, political philosopher, and public intellectual. She was the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Professor of Social and Political Ethics in the University of Chicago Divinity School ...

!! Just War and Humanitarian Intervention !! 95th , - !04 !! 2002 !!

Moisés Naím Moisés Naím (born July 5, 1952) is a Venezuelan journalist and writer. He is a Distinguished Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. In 2013, the British magazine ''Prospect'' listed Naím as one of the world's leading thinke ...

!! Five Wars of Globalization !! 96th , - !05 !! 2003 !!

Mary Robinson Mary Therese Winifred Robinson ( ga, Máire Mhic Róibín; ; born 21 May 1944) is an Irish politician who was the 7th president of Ireland, serving from December 1990 to September 1997, the first woman to hold this office. Prior to her elect ...

!! Globalization (The Role of Human Rights) !! 97th , - !06 !! 2004 !!

Amy Chua Amy Lynn Chua (born October 26, 1962), also known as "the Tiger Mom", is an American lawyer, legal scholar, and writer. She is the John M. Duff Jr. Professor of Law at Yale Law School with an expertise in international business transactions, law ...

!! World on Fire !! 98th , - !07 !! 2005 !! Michael Kirby !! International Law - the Impact on National Constitutions !! 99th , - !08 !! 2006 !! B.S. Chimni !! A Just World Under Law: a View from the South !! 100th , - !09 !! 2007 !!

Joseph Stiglitz Joseph Eugene Stiglitz (; born February 9, 1943) is an American New Keynesian economist, a public policy analyst, and a full professor at Columbia University. He is a recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2001) and th ...

!! Multinational Corporations: Balancing Rights and Responsibilities !! 101st , - !10 !! 2008 !! Zeid Ra'ad Zeid Al-Hussein !! For the Love of Country and International Criminal Law !! 102nd , - !11 !! 2009 !!

Achim Steiner Achim Steiner (born 17 May 1961) is a Brazilian-born environmentalist who currently serves as the administrator of the United Nations Development Programme and chairman of United Nations Sustainable Development Group. Before joining UNDP, he ...

!! International Environmental Law & Transition Towards a Green Economy !! 103rd , - !12 !! 2010 !! Antony Anghie !! Should International Law Lead or Follow in Changing Times? !! 104th , - !13 !! 2011 !!

Amartya Sen Amartya Kumar Sen (; born 3 November 1933) is an Indian economist and philosopher, who since 1972 has taught and worked in the United Kingdom and the United States. Sen has made contributions to welfare economics, social choice theory, economi ...

!! Harmony and Dissonance in International Law !! 105th , - !14 !! 2012 !! Jakob Kellenberger !! Confronting Complexity !! 106th The American Grotius Lecture should not be confused with the annual Grotius Lecture held at the

British Institute of International and Comparative Law British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, ...

(the successor to the

Grotius Society The Grotius Society was a British society founded in 1915 during World War I. In 1958, it was dissolved on the merger with the Society of Comparative Legislation, founded in 1895, to form the British Institute of International and Comparative Law. ...

See also