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THE AGENDA FOR UNCTAD IV REFLECTS THE LATEST ASSERTIONS OF NEW AND FUNDAMENTAL STATE RIGHTS BEARING ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND RESOURCE EXPLOITATION. RECENT EXPERIENCE DEMANDS REASSESSMENT OF THE POSSIBILITY THAT SUCH ASSERTIONS, EVEN IF CONTESTED, MAY EVENTUALLY EVOLVE INTO INTERNATIONAL RULES AND STANDARDS HAVING LEGAL OR QUASI-LEGAL EFFECT.

THE OMBUDSMAN'S MAIN FUNCTION IS TO CHECK MALADMINISTRATION. HE IS CONCERNED WITH OBSERVANCE OF THE LAW BUT ALSO WITH THE EXERCISE OF DISCRETION IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION. HIS FUNCTION CAN EITHER BE AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO CLOSER CONTROL BY THE COURTS, OR AS A USEFUL SUPPLEMENT TO COURT ACTION. SUCCESS OF THIS FORM OF CONTROL SUGGESTS THE UTILITY OF EXTENDING IT TO THE REGIONAL OR CITY LEVEL.

A NUMBER OF EUROPEAN AND NON-EUROPEAN COUNTRIES ARE ADOPTING THE OMBUDSMAN SYSTEM FIRST ESTABLISHED IN THE SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRIES. THE OMBUDSMAN'S MAIN FUNCTION IS TO CHECK MALADMINISTRATION. HE IS CONCERNED WITH OBSERVANCE OF THE LAW BUT ALSO WITH THE EXERCISE OF DISCRETION IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION.

THIS BOOK DOCUMENTS HOW THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AS EXPRESSED BY THE CHARTER OF THE UNITED NATIONS HELPED FOSTER THE FEELING IN THE POST-WAR WORLD THAT A NEW ERA OF FREEDOM WAS BEGINNING. THE AUTHORS UNDERTAKE A SURVEY TO DETERMINE TO WHAT EXTENT THE TENETS OF THE U DECLARATION HAVE EVOLVED INTO AN IDEOLOGY OF HUMAN RIGHTS.

Ten years after enactment, the California Coastal Act 1976 has yet to be fully implemented by local government. Results of this research suggest that where there is failure to implement the statute it is largely a matter of local-state conflict over the power to plan a portion of the coastal zone--namely the sparsely developed portion--within the heavily developed 225-mile southern coast of California. Argues that understanding the distribution of potential political power is a necessary first step in designing any functional programme relying on shared-power implementation. (AM)