Review: International Law and Organization: The Anatomy of Influence
| Author | Mark W. Zacher |
| Published date | 01 December 1974 |
| Date | 01 December 1974 |
| DOI | 10.1177/002070207402900419 |
| Subject Matter | Review |
REVIEWS/
INTERNATIONAL
LAW
AND
ORGANIZATION
665
acknowledges
that
the
treaties
are
'not
legally
binding
upon
the
country,'
and
that
though
the
Indian
Act
is
'riddled
with
faults and
discrepancies,
it
is
nevertheless,
the
only
guarantee
Indian
people have
regarding
lands,
education,
health
and
welfare'
(p
1io).
It
must
not
be
forgotten,
however,
that
it
is
only
a
minority
of
the
aboriginal
people
that
is
protected
by
this
legislation
(pp
115
et
seqq.).
Mr
Sampat-Mehta
is
clearly
indignant
at
the
conditions
in
which
Canada's native
people find
themselves,
and
he
rightly
expresses
the
view
that,
since
Drybones,
the Supreme
Court
'has
thrown
open
serious
questions
affecting
THE
INDIAN
ACT
[sic],
which has
hitherto
been
the
only
guarantee
for
the
protection
and
security
of
the
native
peoples
...
Is
this
trend the
beginning
of
the
end to
the protection
of last
vestiges
of
their
rights,
or
would
the
Federal government amend
the
Bill
of
Rights
explicitly
protecting
those
entrenched
rights
in
THE
INDIAN
ACT?'
(p
141).
Minorities
in
other
countries
are
also
looked
at,
and
'it
seems
the
more powerful
countries
cannot
be
concerned where suppression
of
colored
races
is
concerned'
(p
172).
It
is
a
pity
that
the
author
does
not
comment
on the equal
unwillingness
of
the
less
powerful 'colored'
nations
to
be
concerned
at
the
treatment
of
coloured
minorities
by
coloured
majorities
-
and
vice versa.
Minority
Rights
and
Obligations
is
an
interesting
little
monograph,
unfortunately
spoiled
by
the
writing
and
style
of
publishing.
L.C.
Green/University
of
Alberta
THE
ANATOMY
OF INFLUENCE
Decision
Making in
International
Organization
Robert
Cox
and
Harold
K.
Jacobson
New
Haven:
Yale
University
Press
[Montreal:
McGill-Queen's
Univer-
sity
Press],
1973,
xiv,
497PP,
$15-00
This
is
one of
the
most
valuable
books
to
be
published
on
the
politics
of
international
organizations
in
recent
years,
although
someone
un-
acquainted with
the
field
would
probably
not
find
it
particularly
in-
teresting
(ie,
it
is
a
book
by
academics
for
academics).
In
the
first
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