Death Penalty

Review of The Abolition of the eath Penalty in International Law by William A. Schaba

Some Recent Cases Delaying the Direct Effect of International Treaties in Dutch Law

This article is meant as a comment on some recent Dutch cases concerning the effect within the domestic law of the Netherlands of the prohibition of discrimination laid down in Article 7a(i) of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and of Article 26 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The cases were decided by the Centrale Raad van Beroep, which is the Dutch supreme court in some fields of administrative law, such as the law on civil servants and several laws on social security. The cases are particularly interesting with respect to the notion of direct effect

The Second Generation of Immigrants

During the 1960s, many workers from the Mediterranean region migrated to more northerly regions of Europe. Often they brought their wives, and children were born in the host country. The situation of these children, the second generation of immigrants, deserves our attention. In many respects the offspring who make up this second generation of immigrants are closer to their country of residence than to the country of their parents. Yet the desirability of integrating these young people into the country where they were born and live may be questioned. If they are able to speak their parents\u27 language, they could be of great value to the country from which their parents came. It has been argued that sending these children, with their European educations, back to their native countries would benefit those countries by providing a sort of technical assistance

Death Penalty

Review of The Abolition of the eath Penalty in International Law by William A. Schaba

International institutional law

In several respects the present study is an enlargement of a former analysis about the specialized agencies of the United Nations to more organisations and into further detail. In particular the creation of the European Communities, adding new aspects to international institutional law, have received attention