The International Affairs interview

In this the first of a regular series of interviews to appear in International Affairs , Peter Hain, Leader of the House of Commons, talks to Martha Kearney, Political Editor of BBC television's Newsnight about Britain's role in the Convention on the Future of Europe. He talks of the vision Europe can offer to the world, describing it as one of 'progressive internationalism … regulated by multilateral agreements', and the idea of Europe as a union of nation-states rather than a Brussels-based superstate. Key issues facing Europe such as enlargement, qualified majority voting and security and defence are also included in this incisive discussion.     

Explaining compliance with international law: Broadening the agenda for enquiry

Current theoretical understanding of compliance with international law is based on an assumption that international law consists of a finite set of objective, compulsory rules. This image does not match reality but the two can be reconciled through theorising international law as ideology. Such an approach subsumes questions as to why states do or do not obey law and what influence international law has on foreign policy decision making. By placing the relationship of state behaviour to international law in a broader perspective it can account for previously identified determinants of compliance and provide a basis on which to assess their relative significance. At the same time, the research agenda regarding compliance is broadened by the introduction of fresh questions.     

The Marcoses and authoritarian rule in the Philippines

Filemon C. Rodriguez, The Marcos Regime: Rape of the Nation, New York, Vantage Press, 1985, pp.285 (reprinted by Moed Press, Quezon City, 1986. Pesos 130.00, paper).

Charles C. McDougald, The Marcos File: Was he a Philippine Hero or a Corrupt Tyrant? San Francisco, San Francisco Publishers, 1987, pp.345. $14.95 (paper).

Raymond Bonner, Waltzing with a Dictator: the Marcoses and the Making of American Policy, London, Macmillan, 1987, pp.533. $39.95 (cloth).

Belinda A. Aquino, Politics of Plunder: the Philippines under Marcos, Quezon City, Great Books Trading and University of the Philippines College of Public Administration, 1987, pp.208. Pesos 100.00 (paper).

Lewis E. Gleeck, President Marcos and the Philippine Political Culture, Manila, Loyal Printing, 1987, pp. 280. US$20.00 (paper).     

英国离婚法的演变

英国离婚法经历了三个发展阶段 :第一阶段 ,婚姻由教会控制 ,离婚在教义上是不准许的 ,它只是特权阶级的又一特权 ;第二阶段 ,离婚作为一种民事权利被转到民事法庭 ,当婚姻中存在过错时可以诉诸离婚 ;第三阶段 ,离婚成为个人的一种自由选择。在这个发展进程中 ,离婚法中宗教的因素不断弱化 ;对离婚原则的界定从过错主义转向了破裂主义 ;从对男女实行双重道德标准逐步实现男女平等。这一进程是英国社会、经济、政治和文化变化发展的结果。