Digest of United States Practice in International Law, 2004

"No international law library is adequate without it." -Davis Robinson, of counsel, LeBoeul, Lamb, Greene & McRae, LLP; Former Legal Adviser to the US Department of State"The International Law Institute is delighted to be partnering with Oxford University Press to co-publish the annual Digest of United States Practice in International Law. We are confident that it will continue to be the definitive reference source documenting the views and actions of the United States in the most important areas of international law." -Don Wallace, Chairman, International Law Institute"The annual volumes of the Digest are a vital resource for international lawyers, be they practitioners, academics or students. State practice is at the heart of the development of international law. And the practice of so important an international actor as the United States is of the greatest importance. The volumes are prepared by the Office of the Legal Adviser at the State Department, following a tradition stretching back over a century. They give an authoritative and systematic treatment of recent US practice, across the whole field of international law .This is simply not available in any other form, despite (or perhaps because of ) the wealth of material available on the web." --Sir Michael Wood, former Legal Adviser to the United Kingdom's Foreign and Commonwealth Office