Book Reviews : The International Refugee Organization: A Special Agency for the United Nations, Its History and Work, 1946 to 1952. By LOUISE HOLBORN. (New York: Oxford University Press. 1956. Pp. 805. $7.20.)

• Author: Linden A. Mander
• Date: 01 September 1958
• Published date: 01 September 1958
• DOI: 10.1177/106591295801100336
• Subject Matter: Articles

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present the views of French international jurists on questions of inter-
national law and organization, both doctrinal and practical. It will deal
with problems of a broad international interest and aims to provide under a
single cover source material on &dquo;leading juridical questions arising in inter-
national relations during the preceding year.&dquo;
This first issue contains a series of twenty-four studies covering a wide
range of topics such as &dquo;The Concordat Policy of Pope Pius XII,&dquo; &dquo;A Defini-
tion of Humanitary Law,&dquo; &dquo;Foreign Military Bases,&dquo; &dquo;The Incident at the
Roumanian Legation at Bern,&dquo; &dquo;The Formosa Question,&dquo; &dquo;The Sarre
Referendum,&dquo; &dquo;The Juridical Status of North Viet-Nam,&dquo; &dquo;The Relations
between the United States and the Republic of Panama,&dquo; &dquo;Austrian Neu-
trality and the United Nations,&dquo; and &dquo;The Peaceful Uses of Atomic
Energy&dquo; to mention a few. In addition there is a section on international
jurisprudence containing a critical analysis and resume of decisions of inter-
national tribunals, one on the Organization of Europe under its various in-
strumentalities, another on French jurisprudence relative to international
law as well as one on French practice in international law as found in offi-
cial documents, treaties, etc., to which France is a party. The reader will
also find valuable material in the reproduction of leading French statutes,
conventions, etc., pertinent to international law which appeared in the
parliamentary Journal Officiel. Finally there is a day-by-day chronology of
international events of a &dquo;juridical order&dquo; as well as a number of book
reviews.
It may be seen from the above listing that the year book assumes some
of the characteristics of a reference work, especially as regards material
relative to official French action and policy within the broad framework of
international law. The &dquo;doctrinal part,&dquo;...