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ARTICLE ARGUES THAT WHILE ECONOMIC SANCTIONS - TRADE BOYCOTTS, EMBARGOES - ARE LEGITIMATE ALTERNATIVES TO MILITARY ACTION, THEY RARELY WORK. IT IS SUGGESTED THAT THEIR USE, MOST PARTICULARLY IN THE CASES OF IRAN AND THE USSR, REFLECT A PAUCITY OF OTHER OPTIONS AND ARE DESIGNED PRIMARILY FOR DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION IN AN ELECTION YEAR. THE CASE OF UGANDA, PERHAPS A SUCCESS, IS EXPLORED IN SOME DETAIL.

AS PORTUGAL PREPARED TO WITHDRAW FROM ITS AFRICAN TERRITORIES IN THE WAKE OF THE LISBON COUP OF 25 APRIL 1974, DECOLONIZATION PROCEEDED RELATIVELY CALMLY EVERY WHERE BUT IN THE OIL - AND MINERAL - RICH STATE OF ANGOLA.

THE CREATION OF NEW REGIONAL LEGISLATURES IN SCOTLAND AND WALES (FOR WHICH ELECTIONS ARE TO BE HELD ON MAY 6, 1999) WILL DELIVER AN ABRUPT JOLT TO THE BASIC POLITICAL UNION THAT COMPROMISES THE UNITED KINGDOM. THE GLUE OF CULTURE, TRADITION, AND INSTITUTIONS THAT HAS HELD THE UK TOGETHER APPEARS TO BE PALPABLY DISSOLVING. IN ADDITION, IT IS TROUBLING TO TRADITIONAL ANGLO-BRITISH NOTIONS OF INDEPENDENCE THAT EVEN AS BRITAIN STRUGGLES TO REINVENT ITSELF ON ITS OWN ISLAND, THE LARGER EUROPEAN PROJECT SEEMS TO BE MOVING ON WITHOUT IT. IT IS NOW STARTING TO DAWN ON MANY IN BRITAIN THAT MUCH OF WHAT HAS BEEN TAKEN FOR GRANTED HAS QUITE SUDDENLY BEEN THROWN OPEN TO DOUBT AND DEBATE. AND, IT WILL NOT BE ENOUGH TO SIMPLY "MUDDLE THROUGH."

WHEN TYRANNY IS REPLACED BY DEMOCRACY, THE DEMOCRATIC STATE INHERITS A BAFFLING PROBLEM IN THE FORM OF THE TRYANNY'S STATE PAPERS. SHOULD THESE PAPERS BE KEPT AND USED IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST -- FOR THE PROSECUTION OF THE OLD REGIME'S CRIMES, THE REHABILITATION OF ITS VICTIMS, OR THE PURGING OF ITS PUBLIC SERVICE? IN THIS ESSAY, THE AUTHOR DISCUSSES GERMANY'S EFFORTS TO USE THE DOCUMENTS OF THE STATE SECURITY SERVICE OF THE FORMER GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC (GDR) TO ENACT CORRECTIVE JUSTICE. HE EXAMINES THE RELEVANT GERMAN LAW, CONSIDERS THE IMPACT OF THIS LEGISLATION ON SOCIETY IN THE FORMER GDR, AND REFLECTS ON THE PLACE OF LAW AND LEGAL METHODS IN POST-COMMUNIST TRANSITIONS IN GENERAL.