Jonathan Charney


Jonathan I. Charney was an American academic, author, lawyer and the Lee S. and Charles A. Spier Professor at Vanderbilt University School of Law in Nashville, Tennessee. He was also co-editor-in-chief of the American Journal of International Law.

Early life

Charney earned his BA in 1965 from New York University. His JD was awarded by the University of Wisconsin School of Law.

Career

Charney joined the faculty of Vanderbilt Law School in 1972.
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. Charney was a member of the US delegation at the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea ; and he served on the US Advisory Committee on the Law of the Sea.

Selected works

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.