Abram J. Chayes (1922-2000) served on the Harvard Law School faculty from 1955 to 2000. He was an Assistant Professor of Law 1955-1958; Professor of Law 1958-1961 and 1965-1976; Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law 1976-1993; and an Emeritus professor 1993-2000.
Research: Civil procedure, international legal process, international responses to science and technology, international environmental law, international peacekeeping.
Education: Harvard College A.B. 1943; Harvard Law School LL.B. 1949.
Selected Scholarship / Representative Publications: “International Legal Process: Materials for an Introductory Course” (co-author, 1968); “ABM: An Evaluation of the Decision to Deploy an Antiballistic Missile System” (co-editor, 1969); “The Cuban Missile Crisis, International Crisis and the Role of Law” (first published l974); “The New Sovereignty: Compliance with International Regulatory Agreements” (1995).
Noteworthy Appointments: Associate Legal Counsel, President’s Materials Policy Commission, 1951; Lead Drafter, Democratic Convention Platform, 1960; Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State, 1961-1964; Member, Nuclear Energy Policy Study, 1976-1977; Trustee, World Peace Foundation, 1977.