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The Constitutionality Of The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Of 1978, Judith B. Anderson

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

Within its more limited scope, the Belfield decision provides a helpful approach to FISA cases by articulating both a solid rationale for FISA's in camera, ex parte provision and a workable balancing approach for determining whether open proceedings may be necessary. The Falvey decision, although broader in scope, does not provide a satisfactory rationale for FISA's deviation from the traditional fourth amendment warrant requirement, nor does it articulate a workable approach to evaluating a FISA-warranted surveillance. The Falvey court, by predicating its upholding of FISA on an acceptance of the national security exception, may perpetuate a debate that the statute …

Books Received, Law Review Staff

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

CIVIL JUDGMENT RECOGNITION AND THE INTEGRATION OF MULTIPLE STATE ASSOCIATIONS: CENTRAL AMERICA, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY

By Robert C. Casad

Lawrence: The Regents Press of Kansas, 1981. Pp. 258.$25.00.

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COMPARATIVE LAW YEARBOOK

VOL. 4, 1980

Edited by Dennis Campbell

The Hague/Boston/London: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 1981. Pp. 371.

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CONSTITUTION-MAKING: PRINCIPLES, PROCESS, PRACTICE

By Edward McWhinney

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1981.Pp. 231. $20.00.

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THE ENVIRONMENTAL LAW OF THE SEA

Edited by Douglas M.Johnston

Gland, Switzerland: International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, 1981. Pp. 419.

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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS: ENVIRONMENTS AND …

Legal Research In The Federal Republic Of Germany: A Concise Presentation Of Basic Publications, Ralph Lansky

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

This Article provides information about legal literature and research in the Federal Republic of Germany. Twenty-four basic works are reviewed, including a dozen important law books and legal periodicals and a dozen legal bibliographies that help to locate additional legal information. In addition, a few other publications are briefly discussed. This Article addresses the use of selective legal materials and as a result is very basic. Its objective is to introduce the novice to German legal literature.

Most of the books concern the law of the Federal Republic of Germany. A few that are published in that country cover comparative …