¹ To Odysseus’s (William D. Rogers) credit, he notes ruefully that “article 2(4) is abstraction piled upon abstraction” (p. 101).

² Except for Professor W. Michael Reisman, who is cited for a suggestion in a footnote by Henkin (p. 66 n. 13). However, the pat on the back is short-lived. In the very next footnote, Henkin states that Professor Oscar Schachter “effectively demolished” Reisman’s suggestion (p. 66n.l4).

³ For detailed discussion, see F. Tesón, Humanitarian Intervention: An Inquiry into Law and Morality 155–200 (1988). The Panama intervention, of course, occurred after the book under review went to press. See D’Amato, The Invasion of Panama Was a Lawful Response to Tyranny, 84 AJIL 516 (1990).

⁴ “Almost all nations observe almost all principles of international law and almost all of their pbligations almost all of the time.” L. Henkin, How Nations Behave 47 (2d ed. 1979).

⁵ For a general discussion of the potential hypocrisy of UN resolutions, and a specific application to the Israeli use of force against the Iraqi nuclear reactor of June 7, 1981, see A. D’Amato, International Law: Process and Prospect 75–77 (1987).

⁶ F. Tesón, supra note 3.