Soviet International Law
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Grzybowski, Kazimierz / Kazimierz Grzybowski / Grzybowski, PUBLISHER: Duke University Press, Kazimierz Grzybowski, a preeminent authority in the field of Soviet international law, here undertakes a policy-oriented approach to the study of international law. Purely formal statements of principles and norms reveal little of the real nature of the international community and the actual objectives of legal and political transactions in international relations. The real life of the international community is carried on by economic, social, and political institutions operating under conditions created by "free market" economies. Therefore, operating in the "world economic order" creates special difficulties for nations, such as the USSR, that have planned economies. Within that international environment, the author examines Soviet diplomatic practice both in the world at large and with the other socialist nations.