Review: International Law and Political Reality: Collected Papers, Volume One, by Anthony D’Amato (1995)

Anthony D’Amato, Leighton Professor of Law, Northwestern University, is one of the most distinguished international legal scholars in the US. In a brief foreword to the volume under review, L.C. Green puts D’Amato in the “younger school of writers” (p. v). Himself retired, Green does D’Amato and his generation an injustice. The term “younger” belies the intellectual maturity of scholars whose careers, like D’Amato’s, now exceed three decades, just as this term belies their stature and influence among scholars of all ages. It is

papers should now be appearing. The first volume consists of 29 papers (including excerpts from a coauthored book, Congressional testimony, letters to the New York Times and privately published consultant’s reports) organized into 20 chapters. Three additional volumes are planned.