The 1997 Netherlands Yearbook of International Law contains expert articles on issues such as: General Principles of Law', soft' law and the identification of international law; Human rights in the development policy of the European Community: towards a European World order? The documentation section surveys Dutch state practice for the parliamentary year 1995-1996; international agreements to which the Netherlands is a party; Netherlands judicial decisions and municipal legislation involving questions of public international law, and Dutch literature in the field of public...