Other Books Received
| Published date | 01 April 1966 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1002/j.1099-162X.1966.tb00266.x |
| Date | 01 April 1966 |
Other Books Received
Britain
and
the
Commonwealth,
by H.
VICTOR
WISEMAN.
GeorgeAllen and
Unwin; pp. IS3-Index. Shs.
ISS.
Professor Wiseman's aim was to provide an account of the Commonwealth and Britain's
role.therein for overseas students in particular and also for students
of
all kinds likely
to Sit for British Constitution
'A'
level examinations.
In
150 pages a clear and full picture of the Commonwealth is drawn in three parts:
the first covering the Commonwealth as a whole, the second dealing with constitutions
~d
Governments, the third looking at the future of the Commonwealth. Finally, in
his conclusion, Professor Wiseman seeks to show the place of the Commonwealth in
the setting of world problems.
This
book should prove an admirable introduction to the meaning, purpose and
fu.ture
of
the Commonwealth not only for students
but
also for the general reader who
wishes to be brought up-to-date about this remarkable multi-racial free association of
nations.
The
Management
of
Education,
by L. J.
LEWIS
and A. J.
LOVERIDGE
Pall
Mall
Press; pp.
II6;
Appendix, References and Select Reading List;
2SS.
This small book provides for the teacher in newly independent developing countries a
guide to the administrative machinery of education.
The
varied select reading list
which is included should also prove very useful.
The
Effect
of
Independence
on
Treaties,
a Handbook prepared by the
International Law Association, London;
Stevens
&
Sons,'
pp. 391, appen-
dices;
£S
ss.
This important work should prove of particular interest to intemational lawyers
and
~o
.legal draftsmen in newly independent countries. A carefully prepared Handbook
It
IS confined to general statements of a historical character, shows the practice which
has been adapted in many recently independent countries and in analysing the relevant
documentation, sets out clearly the problems that have to be faced.
The
independent opinion of [aroslav Zourek in the preface concludes with the
following most pertinent sentences:
'The
question whether a rule exists in the general intemationallaw imposing on
the new States the obligation to assume some commitments of the former State
on whose territory they have emerged, and which are the cases when it should
happen, may be answered only after a thorough examination of the practice
of
States with which this handbook is dealing. A study of the practice of States,
both former and recent, will also provide a reliable basis for potential sugges-
tions de legeferenda in the interest of a progressive development of intemational
law.'
Understanding
an
Mrican
Kingdom:
Bunyoro,
by
JOHN
BEATTIE:
Holt,
Rinehart &Winston, pp. 61 Shs
lOS.
PUblished in the 'Studies in Anthropological Method' series which seeks to show how
the Anthropologist gathers and interprets his facts.
Mr.
Beattie here describes his
methods of research carried out in the Bunyoro Kingdom in Uganda where he spent
nearly two years, in all, between 1953 and 1955.
Of
particular interest is the final
chapter in which he discusses the moral responsibility of a Field worker and the effect
o~
his work not merely on himself
but
on those whom he studies and those who assist
~
in his work.
Mr.
Beattie stresses his belief that research data must be collected by
trained scholars:
'If
social anthropologists do not do their own field work, it is certain
no one else will do it for
them',
he concludes.
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