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Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law Volume 1 Issue 1 Winter 1967 Article 7 1967 From the Reviews Journal Staff Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarship.law.vanderbilt.edu/vjtl  Part of the International Law Commons, and the International Trade Law Commons Recommended Citation Journal Staff, From the Reviews, 1 Vanderbilt Law Review 50 (2021) Available at: https://scholarship.law.vanderbilt.edu/vjtl/vol1/iss1/7 This Book Review is brought to you for free and open access by Scholarship@Vanderbilt Law. It has been accepted for inclusion in Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law by an authorized editor of Scholarship@Vanderbilt Law. For more information, please contact mark.j.williams@vanderbilt.edu. FROM THE REVIEWSThis selected bibliography of writings on international law isintended to give the reader a look at some of the more importantarticles found in recent legal periodicals. A brief synopsis hasbeen presented for each article felt by the editors to have particularinterest.World Military Confrontations / Law, Policy and War / Law and the Main-tenance of Peace"The Need of a Functional Substitute for War"by Gene Sharp, 3 Int'l. Rel. J. of the David Davies Inst. ofInt'l. Studies (1967), contains a study of the problem of warand related violence which suggests the solution may lie infinding an effective alternative technique of struggle notcontaining the disadvantages of violence."Nuclear Proliferation and Rules of Retaliation"by Herman Kahn, 76 Yale L. J. 77 (1967), responds to the concepof "spasm" nuclear attacks and setting forth a new criteria for aninternational "anti-nuclear" policy. The author advocates a "no-first-use" policy, acceptance of the 19th century law of reprisaland the establishfhent of nuclear-free zones."Intervention in Civil Wars: a Modest Proposal"by Tom Farer, 67 Colum. L. Rev. 266 (1967), examines past U.S.policy regarding civil wars and the changes effected by contemporaryexperiences, with proposals for policy modifications."International Law and the United States Role in the Viet Nam War"by Richard A. Falk and John Norton Moore, (a series of ex-changes) 75 Yale L. J. 1122, 76 Yale L. J. 1051 and 1095 (1967),comprises the debate between the two authors concerning the legalityof the United States involvement in Viet Nam. Falk opens withreasons why the war is a civil rather than an international war.Moore counters that while the conflict has characteristics of both,there is a de facto separateness between North and South Viet Namand therefore the war is primarily international in character. Inthe third exchange Falk again takes up the civil war approach andconcludes that the United States has acted contrary to the policy ofinhibiting unilateral recourse to violence, thus endangering thefuture of international legal order by setting an unfortunateprecedent.-50-"American Actions in Vietnam: Justifiable in International Law?"Note, 19 Stan. L. Rev. 1307 (1967), pr6vides up-to-date viewsof the legal community concerning the lawfulness of the Americanpresence in Vietnam."The Inspection and Control System of the European Nuclear EnergyAgency"by Stephen Gorove, 7 Va. J. Int'l. L. (1967)."Peace & Security in the Far East and the Japan-Korean-U.S. TreatyRelations"by Yuichi Takano, 16 Int'l. and Comp. L. Q. (1967).International Trade and Finance"The United States and the Warsaw Convention"by Andreas F. Lowenfeld & Allan I. Mendelson, 80 Harv. L. Rev.497 (1967), contains a thoughtful account of the policy debateswithin the U.S. and the negotiations with other countries whichresulted in the denunciation of the Convention by the U.S. andlater interim re-adherence to it as amended by the Montreal Con-ference."National Economic Policy in an Interdependent World Economy"by Richard N. Cooper, 76 Yale L. J. 1273 (1967), provides asuggestion for solving some of the world economic problems by"internationalizing" the process of economic policy making in astudy on the impact of GATTo"The 'Most Favored Nation' Clause in GATT- A Need for Reevaluation?"Note, 19 Stan L. Rev. 841 (1967), discusses how recent chal-lenges of the "most favored nation" concept by newly developingnations in favor of preferential tariff treatment have cast theU.S. into the dilema of whether or not to cast aside this former"bedrock" on which world trade was built."Extended Risk and Latin American Housing Guaranties: ForeignAssistance Through Business Risk Protection for Private Enterprize"by Fredric L. Kirgis, Jr. 53 Va. L. Rev. 285 (1967), studiesthe problem of inducing substantial private enterprize investmentin underdeveloped areas in a manner consistent with foreign assis-tance objectives, without eliminating the potential profit."American Bord Issues in the European Economic Community"Note, 19 Stan. L. Rev. 1337 (1967), outlines the development ofpossible capital soxurces for American investments within the CommonMarket.-51-"A Symposium on State Trading"Special Issue of 20 Vand. L. Rev. (Mar. 1967),Articles:"Some Legal Problems of State Trading in Southeast Asia"by Chittharanjan F. Amerasinghe"Possible Effects of the Proposed East-West Trade RelationsAct Upon U.S. Import, Export, and Credit Controls"by Harold J. Berman and John R. Garson"Communist China's Foreign Trade Organization"by Gene T. Hsiao"State Trading Monopolies in the European Economic Community"by Ernst-Joachim Mestm~cher"Commercial Treaties and International Trade Transactions inEast-West Trade"by Clive M. Schmittoff"AEC Production and Distribution of Radioisotopes: State Trad-ing in a Free Enterprise Economy"by E. Blythe Stason"State Trading Activities in Hungary"by Stephen Szaszy"The Sabbatino Case and the Sabbatino Amendment: Comedy orTragedy of Errors"by William Harvey Reeves"Application of German Antitrust Law to International Restraintson Trade"by Kurt E. Markert, 7 Va. J. of Int'l° L. (1967)."Capital-Market Development in Israel and Brazil: Two Examples ofthe Role of Law in Development"by Allan R. Roth, 19 Stan. L. Rev. 1277 (1967)."Reforming the 'Modern' Corporation: Perspectives from the German"by Detlev F. Vagts, 80 Harv. L. Rev. 23 (1967).-52-European Economic Community"The Application of EEC Law by National Courts"*by Michel Wailbraeck, 19 Stan. L. Rev. 1248 (1967), studiesthe growth and development of EEC law into the separate nationalcourts of the member countries and points out that the impact ofthe-treaty reaches into the legal systems. New rights, duties andprivileges are conferred upon individuals as well as nations and itis the task of the courts to handle controversies in the light oftheir national law and the new EEC law."The Grundig-Consten Case Revisited: Judicial Harmonization ofNational Law and Treaty Law in the Common Market"*by Lawrence F. Ebb, 115 U. Pa. L. Rev. 855 (1967)."Jurisdictionally Improper Fora in Treaties on Recognition ofJudgments: The Common Market Draft"*by Kurt H. Nadlemann, 67 Colum. L. Rev. 995 (1967)."Conflict of Laws and the European Economic Community"*by Ulrich Drobnig, 15 Am. J. Comp. L. (1966-67)."The European Common Market in Agriculture"by Kenneth W. Dam, 67 Columo L. Rev. 209 (1967), examines ingreat detail the policy and technique of implementing the provisionsof the Common Agricultural Policy for "free circulation" ofagricultural commodities among the EEC. This article is based onan in depth study of provisions affecting cereal grains."Agriculture, Finance, & Politics in the European Economic Community"by Carol Ann Cosgrove, 3 Int'l. Rel. J. of the David DaviesMemorial Inst. of Int'l. Studies (1967).International Organizations"Implications of the Prospective Revisions of the Berne Conventionand the United States Copyright Law"by Mellville B. Nimmer, 19 Stan. L. Rev. 499 (1967), deals withthe impact of proposed revisions of the Berne Convention in relationto the United States position as a non-member. With proposals ofchange in American copyright law before Congress, reassessment ofthe advantage of American accession seems appropriate."UNCTAD Proposals for International Economic Reform"by Gerald M. Mier, 19 Stan. L. Revo 1173 (1967), studies theproblems and questions that the United National Conference on Tradeand Development sees in the present operations of GATT and the IMFas it affects the economic growth of lesser developed countries.Are these agencies of international finance hindering such nationsin their development, is one of the major questions that this articlesets out to answer.*EEC Conflicts of Law Problems-53-"Some Psychological Factors in International Third-Party DecisionMaking"by Thomas M. Franck, 19 Stan. L. Rev. 1217 (1967), attempting,with the query,"Can any man, or group of men, administer justiceimpartially in an ideologically and culturally divided world?'; toset out to review the many systems which the world has devised forproblem solving to protect future "generations from the scourge ofwar"."Human Rights and Non-Intervention in the Inter-American System"by Jose A. Cabranes, 65 Mich. L. Rev. 1147 (1967), studies thepromotion and protection of human rights in the inter-Americansystem. The OAS' lack of interest, until quite recently, inundertaking an international program to protect human rights in theAmerican republics is a function principally of the traditionalLatin American repudiation of intervention in the internal affairsof American states."Withdrawal from the United Nations - the Indonesian Intermezzo"by Egon Schwelb, 61 Am. J. Int'l. L. (1967), reviews therecent Indonesian withdrawal from the United Nations in light ofthe confusion created by the U.N. charter in handling such an unusualand unforeseen action."Enforcement of Administrative Provisions of a League of NationsMandate-South West Africa Cases (International Court of Justice 1966)Note, 55 Calif. L. Rev. 251 (1967), criticizes the apparent1966 reversal of the 1962 I.C.J. decision that Ethiopia and Liberiacould bring a contentious proceeding against South Africa's con-formance to the League of Nations mandate.Conflicts"In-Flight Crime: The International and Domestic Picture Under theTokyo Convention"by Allan I. Mendelsohn, 53 Va. L. Rev. 509 (1967)."Methods and Policies Underlying Decisions on International Conflictof Law Cases"by Oler Lando, 15 Am. J. Comp. L. (1967).Private International Law"The Rights of Surviving Spouses Under Private International Law"by Eugen Dietrich Graue, 15 Am. J. Comp. L. (1967).-54-Other Articles of Interest"Criminal Sanctions Against Passport Area-Restriction Violations"19 Stan. L. Rev. 1369 (1967)."Freezing and Confiscation of Cuban Property"19 Stan. L. Rev. 1358 (1967).-55-

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