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Political Prisoners: The Law And Politics Of Protection, David P. Forsythe
Political Prisoners: The Law And Politics Of Protection, David P. Forsythe
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
In the fall of 1975 the United States, in a much publicized step at the United Nations, introduced an abortive resolution calling for world-wide amnesty for political prisoners. Admittedly, this draft resolution was withdrawn because of crippling amendments, and it may well be that this American initiative was launched more to deflect criticism to others than to help political prisoners. But it seems to be the case--at least from a Western perspective--that political prisoners are becoming a more salient subject in world affairs. The concept of political prisoners has existed for quite awhile. In the last decade and a half, …
Books Received, Journal Staff
Books Received, Journal Staff
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
Chile: The Balanced View
Edited by Francisco Orrego Vicuna
Santiago: The University of Chile, 1975. Pp. 298.
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Codification in the Communist World--Symposium in Memory of Zsolt Szirmai Organized by Donald Barry, F.J.M. Feldbrugge & Dominick Lasok
Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff, 1975. Pp. xv, 353. $42.50.
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Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons: Prevention and Punishment
By Louis M. Bloomfield & Gerald F. Fitzgerald.
New York: Praeger Publishers, 1975. Pp. xviii, 272. $16.50.
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Criminal Justice in Eighteenth Century Mexico
By Colin M. MacLachlan
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1974. Pp.viii, 141. $9.00.
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EEC Anti-Trust Law--Principles and Practice
By D. Barounos, …