Book Reviews : Law Making by International Organization. Ingrid Detter P. A. Norstedt & Soners Förlag, Stockholm, Bibliography, Index and Table of Cases, 42 Kroner
| Date | 01 April 1967 |
| DOI | 10.1177/004711786700300109 |
| Published date | 01 April 1967 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
77
expressed
in
practical
terms
in
the
negotiations
for
a
large
free
trade
area.
The
latter
part
of
the
book
is
devoted
to
Britain’s
potential
role
in
the
European
and
Atlantic
Communities.
Mr.
Horsfall
Carter
starts
from
his
supposition
that
Britain’s
&dquo;oceanic&dquo;
complex
has
always
been
at
the
root
of
her
responses
to
European
integration,
with
the
result
that
Briti.sh
statesmen
have
consistently
given
precedence
to
the
building
of
the
Atlantic
Community
over
that
of
the
European.
He
appreciates
the
value
of
the
Atlantic
Alliance,
but
takes
the
line
of
Dr.
Coral
Bell
among
others,
in
indicating
the
possible
fallacies
in
the
supposed
special
Anglo-American
relationship
so
beloved
of
H.
C.
Allev,
H.
J.
Nicholas
and
many
postwar
British
statesmen.
His
conclusion
is
that
an
Anglo-French
partnership
is
essential
if
an
integrated
Western
Europe
is
to
play a
meaningful
role
in
world
affairs.
Such
a
Europe
should
be
linked
to,
but
independent
of,
the
United
States.
He
proposes
that
European
Union
should
be
based
on
inter-governmental
co-operation
as
the
experience
of
the
E.E.C.
suggests
that
its
member
states
conceive
and
seek
European
union
in
terms
of
their
own
specific
images.
But
he
points
out
that
Britain
fundamentally
differs
from
these
states
as
she
does
not
share
their
tendency
to
place
Europe
at
the
head
of
their
lists
of
international
political
priorities.
Whether
or
not
Britain
will
continue
to
adhere
to
her
present
international
political
priorities
is
as
yet
in
the
balance,
but
this
reviewer
emphatically
agrees
with
Mr.
Horsfall
Carter’s
contention
that
European
union,
in
both
the
political
and
the
economic
sense,
is
inextricably
bound
up
with
the
strategic
problems
of
Western
defence.
However,
it
is
difficult
to
accept
his
argument
that
the
now
redundant
Western
European
Union
Organisation
could
&dquo;blossom
out&dquo;
into
a
European
defence
authority
even
when
the
present
political
conflicts
have
been
resolved.
Britain
must
learn
to
co-operate
with
Europe,
but
the
reviewer
would
suggest
that
the
author
is
totally
unrealistic
in
his
prescription
for
a
British
association
with
the
E.E.C.
on
the
same
lines
as
the
1954
Association
Agreement
between
the
European
Coal
and
Steel
Community
and
Britain
(designed
merely
as
a
forum
for
consultation
and
exchange
of
in,formation),
with
the
latter
retaining
her
links
with
E.F.T.A.
He
tends
to
overlook
the
fact
that
although
the
E.E.C.
has
not
as
yet
formulated
a
coherent
doctrine
on
the
principles
and
problems
of
Asso-
ciation,
it
would
appear
that
this
unique
relationship
with
the
E.E.C.
is
to
be
reserved
to
those
states,
such
as
the
European
neutrals,
who
are
unable
to
accept
the
political
obligations
of
membership,
or
for
under-
developed
countries
such
as
Greece
and
Turkey,
when
it
is
seen
as
a
preparatory
period
leading
ultimately
to
accession.
It
would
appear
to
be
improbable
that
the Six
would
be
prepared
to
consider
Britain
as
an
Associate.
And
on
Britain’s
part,
her
government
would
be
perhaps
ill-advised
to
form
an
organic
link
with
the
Community
in
the
form
of
an
association
which
would
allow her
no
voice
in
the
E.E.C.’s
decision-
making
process.
Indeed,
Mr.
Horsfall
Carter
stresses
Britain’s
European
destiny,
but
how
can
this
be
fulfilled
unless
Britain
is
in
a
central
position
to
influence
European
political
developments?
Law
Making
by
International
Organization.
Ingrid
Detter
P.
A.
Norstedt
&
Soners
Förlag,
Stockholm,
Bibliography,
Index
and
Table
of
Cases,
42
Kroner.
Dr.
Detter
has
written
a
very
interesting
book.
As
she
indicates
in
her
Introduction,
it
is
really
a
book
about
the
techniques
used
by
inter-
national
organizations
to
bind
their
member
states.
The
reader
will
discover
that
it
is
not - in
spite
of
its
title - a
book
on
the
contribution
of
international
organizations
to
the
sources
of
general
international
law.
Dr.
Detter
is
concerned
to
analyse
the
degree
to
which
states
do
formally
consent
to
action
taken
by
international
institutions.
She
divides
her
field
of
study
into
two
parts,
distinguishing
between
’primary’
(i.e.
internal,
administrative)
acts
of
organizations
and
‘o~perative’
(i.e.
substantive)
acts.
For
her
material
she
has
looked
to
the
European
Communities
and
to
selected
aspects
of the
work
of
the
United
Nations
family.
The
author
begins
with
some
observations
on
the
nature
3f
constitutions
of
international
organizations
as
a
sui
generis
treaty
form,
and
then
proceeds
to
discuss
problems
of
interpretation,
including
the
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