Legitimacy and Fairness in International Law from the Viewpoint of Thomas Franck

The foundations of this writing are some explanations about the scientific personality of Thomas Franck as one of the most outstanding professors in contemporary international law in order to familiarize the readers, review and highligt his compiling specially "The Power Legitimacy Among Nations", "The Emerging Right to Democratic Governance", "Fairness in International Law and Institutions". The author believes that this great lawyer of international law passed a straight path, drawing a legal system that finally leads to fairness. In addition, the writer explains some of the differences between Franck's viewpoints and other outstanding universal thoughtfuls and the similarities to them, and finally tries to present some considerations on his opinions and also showing the necessity of paying more attention to the fundamental theoretical subjects in international law by Iranian lawyers. These all have been presented with the hope to develop thinking deeper in international law.