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Copyright © 1990 by The American Society of International Law Printed by Lancaster Press, Lancaster, Pa. 17603 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW VOL. 84 April 1990 NO. 2 CONTENTS PAGE U.S. Ratification of the Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: The Need for an Entirely New Strategy Philip Alston 365 The Investment Provisions of the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement: A Canadian Perspective Jean Raby 394 U.S. Law Enforcement Abroad: The Constitution and International Law, Continued Andreas F. Lowenfeld 444 Agora: U.S. Forces in Panama: Defenders, Aggressors or Human Rights Activists? The Validity of United States Intervention in Panama under International Law Ved P. Nanda 494 Panama: Beyond the Charter Paradigm Tom J. Farer 503 The Invasion of Panama Was a Lawful Response to Tyranny Anthony D'Amato 516 Editorial Comment Standing to Challenge Human Endeavors That Could Change the Climate Frederic L. Kirgis, Jr. 525 Notes and Comments Herbert W. Briggs (1900-1990) Stephen M. Schwebel 531 Herbert Briggs: A Memoir Keith Highet 532 Correspondence 534 Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law Marian Nash Leich 536 International Decisions Peter D. Trooboff 550 Current Developments The UN Body of Principles for the Protection of Detained or Imprisoned Persons Tullio Treves 578 All's Well That Ends Well. Or Is It? More on the Publications of the International Court of Justice Shabtai Rosenne 586 Book Reviews and Notes Edited by Detlev Vagts Chen, Lung-chu. An Introduction to Contemporary International Law: A Policy-Oriented Perspective (Harry H. Almond, Jr.) 593 Blatova, N. T. (ed.). Mezhdunarodnoe pravo (Richard Szawlowski) 595 Koshevnikov, F. J. (ed.). Mezhdunarodnoe pravo (Richard Szawlowski) 595 Binder, Guyora. Treaty Conflict and Political Contradiction: The Dialectic of Duplicity (Anthony Carty) 599 Sen, B. A Diplomat's Handbook of International Law and Practice (John R. Lacey) 602 Buergenthal, Thomas. International Human Rights (in a Nutshell) (Henry J. Steiner) 603 Naskou-Perraki, Paroula. Article 15 of the European Convention on Human Rights: Theoretical and Jurisprudential Approach (George A. Zaphiriou) 607 Zarjevski, Yefime. A Future Preserved: International Assistance to Refugees (Paul Weis) 609 Bassiouni, M. Cherif (ed.). Legal Responses to International Terrorism: U.S. Procedural Aspects (Mark W. Janis) 613 Degan, Vladimir-Duro. Medunarodno pravo mora i izvori medunarodnog prava (Peter B. Maggs) 614 Sebenius, James K. Negotiating the Law of the Sea (Bernard H. Oxman) 615 Johnston, Douglas M. The Theory and History of Ocean Boundary-Making (Jonathan I. Charney) 616 Hasselmann, Cord-Georg. Die Freiheit der Handelsschiffahrt: Eine Analyse der UN-Seerechtskonvention (Ernest S. Easterly III) 619 Rubin, Alfred P. The Law of Piracy (Georg Schwarzenberger) 620 Ballarino, Tito, and Silvio Busti. Diritto aeronautico e spaziale (Jerzy Sztucki) 622 Szafarz, Renata. Badanie Ziemi z kosmosu w swietle prawa miedzy- narodowego (Richard Szawlowski) 626 Reijnen, G. C. M., and W. de Graaff. The Pollution of Outer Space, in Particular of the Geostationary Orbit: Scientific, Policy and Legal Aspects (Carl Q. Christol) 627 Brunnee, Jutta. Acid Rain and Ozone Layer Depletion: International Law and Regulation (Tracy Dobson) 629 Meyer, Michael A. (ed.). Armed Conflict and the New Law: Aspects of the 1977 Geneva Protocols and the 1981 Weapons Convention (Burrus M. Carnahan) 631 Singh, Nagendra, and Edward McWhinney. Nuclear Weapons and Contemporary International Law (Bernard G. Bechhoefer) 634 Koenig, Christian. Der nationale Befreiungskrieg im modernen humanitaren Volkerrecht (Hans-Peter Gasser) 636 Transnational Corporations in World Development: Trends and Prospects (Richard D. Robinson) 639 Shihata, Ibrahim F. I. MIGA and Foreign Investment: Origins, Operations, Policies and Basic Documents of the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (Aron Broches) 643 de Waart, Paul, Paul Peters, and Erik Denters (eds.). International Law and Development (Dietrich Kappeler) 648 Briefer Notices: Schuit, van der Beek, Zevenboom and Shifman (eds.), 650; Amerasinghe (ed.), 651; Miiller-Rappard and Bassiouni (eds.), 651; Coussirat-Coustere and Eisemann (eds.), 651. Collected Essays: Studies on International Law. Vol. 4, 651; Chinese Yearbook of International Law and Affairs 1987-88. Vol. 7, 652; Polish Yearbook of International Law 1987. Vol. 16, 652; The Canadian Yearbook of International Law 1988. Vol. 26, 652; Canadian Human Rights Yearbook 1988, 653; Italian Yearbook of International Law 1986-87. Vol. 7, 653; Annuaire Europeen /European Yearbook 1987. Vol. 35, 653; International Geneva Yearbook 1989, 653; Cursos de derecho internacional de Vitoria-Gasteiz, 1987, 654. Books Received 654 International Legal Materials. Contents, Vol. XXIX, No. 1 (January 1990) 659 BOARD OF EDITORS Editor in Chief THOMAS M. FRANCK New York University School of Law GEORGE H. ALDRICH FREDERIC L. KIRGIS, JR. The Hague, Netherlands Washington and Lee University RICHARD B. BILDER School of Law University of Wisconsin Law School CYNTHIA C. LICHTENSTEIN JONATHAN I. CHARNEV Boston College Law School Vanderbilt University School of Law RICHARD B. LILLICH ANTHONY D'AMATO University of Virginia Law School Northwestern University ANDREAS F. LOWENFELD School of Law New York University School of Law RICHARD A. FALK THEODORE MERON Princeton University New York University School of Law TOM J. FARER BERNARD H. OXMAN School of International Service The American University University of Miami School of Law MICHAELJ. GLENNON W. MICHAEL REISMAN University of California, Davis Yale Law School School of Law WILLIAM D. ROGERS EDWARD GORDON Washington, D.C. Albany Law School PETER D. TROOBOFF Union University Washington, D.C. KEITH HIGHET DETLEV F. VAGTS The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University Harvard Law School JOHN H. JACKSON EDITH BROWN WEISS University of Michigan Law School Georgetown University Law Center HAROLD K. JACOBSON BURNS H. WESTON University of Michigan University of Iowa JOHN LAWRENCE HARGROVEColleg, EXe oOfficiof Law Washington, D.C. Honorary Editors LEO GROSS STEFAN A. RIESENFELD The Fletcher School of Law and University of California, Berkeley Diplomacy, Tufts University School of Law JOHN N. HAZARD SEYMOUR J. RUBIN Columbia University School of Law Washington College of Law LOUIS HENKIN The American University Columbia University School of Law MONROE LEIGH OSCAR SCHACHTER Washington, D.C. Columbia University School of Law OLIVER!. LISSITZYN Louis B. SOHN Columbia University School of Law University of Georgia Law School MYRES S. MCDOUGAL Yale Law School