An International Rule of Law. By Eberhard P. Deutsch. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1977. Pp. xxix, 389. Appendixes. Index. $20.

Abstract

ments (pp. 145, 296, 338,353,355, 359, 390, and 391), some actually adopted, others merely proposed and left to perish from indifference (pp. 300, 373, and 379). In consequence, the author repeatedly finds himself involved in discussion of points that lead nowhere and of distinctions that, in the end, prove to be without differences. For example, following elaborate discussion, he is led to admit that in respect of succession as applied to African regional organizations, political interests have voided of juridical content the otherwise significant distinction between real and movable property (pp. 380, 387). One must question the author's assertion that there has been no problem in recognizing succession of international organizations in the case of the takeover of the properties of the East African Common Services Organization (EACSO) by the East African Community. The latter organization was the creation of three independent states (Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda), whereas the former was a structure created unilaterally by the British Government. The emphasis is on "succession" as applied to the Afro-Malagasy Union (UAM), the Afro-Malagasy Organization of Economic Cooperation (OAMCE), the Afro-Malagasy Union of Economic Cooperation (UAMCE), and the Afro-Malagasy Common Organization (OCAM). Contributions from French authors are extensively cited and quoted, including unpublished lectures (repetitions ecrites), to the almost total exclusion of works in English. Little use has been made of the jurisprudence of the International Court of Justice in the South West Africa, the AngloIranian, and the Aerial Incident cases, and the theoretical underpinnings of the problem are completely ignored. Nor can one share Professor Bastid's enthusiasm for the "meticulous treatment of materials and discussion" and "the care in assembling documentation" (pp. x, xi). A generous indifference to accuracy infuses both the text and quotations from official documents (pp. 32, 71, 77, 173, 195, 337, 375, and 389).