Anthony D'Amato (law professor)

Anthony D'Amato (1937 – March 24, 2018) was an American lawyer and academic who was professor at Northwestern University Law School.[1][2] He is known for his litigation on human rights and academic work on customary international law.[2][3][4] He was the Judd and Mary Morris Leighton Professor of Law at Northwestern until his retirement in 2015.[5]

D’Amato received his bachelor's degree from Cornell University, a law degree from Harvard Law School (where he was editor of the Harvard Law Review) and a Ph.D. from Columbia University.[2]

D’Amato was a professor of political science at Wellesley College from 1963 to 1966.[2] He joined Northwestern in 1968.[2]

He was the first American lawyer to win a case before the European Court of Human Rights.[2]

He was married to author Barbara D'Amato.[2] They had two sons.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Anthony D'Amato (b. 1937)". Oxford Reference. 2025.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "Northwestern Law Professor Anthony D'Amato dies at age 81". news.northwestern.edu. 2018.
  3. ^ Bowett, D. W. (November 1972). "The Concept of Custom in International Law. By Anthony A. D'amato, Associate Professor of Law at Northwestern University. [Ithaca N.Y., and London: Cornell University Press. 1971. xvi, 274 and (Bibliography and Index) 11 pp. £4.55 net.]". The Cambridge Law Journal. 30 (2): 351–352. doi:10.1017/S0008197300014987. ISSN 1469-2139.
  4. ^ "Further Thoughts on a New Source of International Law: Professor D'Amato's "Manifest Intent"". American Journal of International Law. 1971. doi:10.2307/2199358.
  5. ^ Birenbaum, Gabby (2018). "Former Northwestern law professor Anthony D'Amato dies at 81". The Daily Northwestern. Retrieved 2025-10-28.
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