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Books Received, Law Review Staff

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

Quaderni Di Scienze Criminali: The Penal Protection of Works of Art. Edited by the International Institute of Higher Studies in Criminal Sciences. Siracusa, Italy: The International Institute of Higher Studies in Criminal Sciences, 1983. Pp. 447.

Japanese Business Law and the Legal System. By Elliott J. Hahn. Westport, Connecticut and London, England: Quorum Books, 1984. Pp. vii, 168. $35.00.

The Exchange Rate System: Lessons of the Past and Options for the Future. Edited by Ellas H. Wright. Washington, D.C.: International Monetary Fund, 1984. Pp. vii, 55. $7.50.

The International Maritime Organization. Edited by Samie Mandrabody. London: Croom Helm Ltd., 1984. …

The Juridical Status Of The Gulf Of Taranto: A Brief Reply, Gayl S. Westerman

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

The special problem of identifying the juridical nature of coastal indentations is but one aspect of a more fundamental problem: the need to accommodate the legitimate exclusive interests of coastal states in maximizing wealth, power, and national security with the inclusive interests of the community of states in maximizing freedom of the seas. Throughout historical cycles of mares liberum and clausum, this fundamental accommodation has remained the central focus of the international law of the sea. Even today, after thoroughgoing codification efforts in 1958 and 1982: the legal regime of the oceans remains in transition.