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Fact-finding: its Place in International Law and International Politics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2009

J. H. Leurdijk
J. H. Leurdijk
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Research Fellow at the Seminarium voor Volkerrecht en Internationale Betrekkingen of theUniversity of Amsterdam
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The events in this world consist of a rather confused complex of facts, opinions and comments, in which truth and falsehood can hardly be distinguished. Factual information is, however, a prerequisite for an impartial and frank appreciation of these matters. It is above all in international politics that opposed versions of the facts often make a clear view of the situation impossible.

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Netherlands International Law Review , Volume 14 , Issue 2 , June 1967 , pp. 141 - 161
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Copyright © T.M.C. Asser Press 1967

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