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55 Int'l Legal Materials i (2016)

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From its inception, the collection, publication, and dissemination of important international legal materials has been
among the primary functions of the American Society of International Law. These materials were originally pub-
lished as a section of the American Journal of International Law, and for the past 50 years they have been produced
as a freestanding publication. Throughout this period, International Legal Materials has filled a critical need by
giving scholars and practitioners access to primary source materials that were often difficult to find.
Today, with the advent of the Internet, many of these materials are widely available. But the explosion of online
information related to international law has made it impossible for busy international lawyers to sift through the
vast array of documents and identify those that are truly significant. Happily our editorial staff, working with our
Editorial Advisory Committee, devotes the time and expertise to selecting the most significant materials and high-
lighting them in International Legal Materials and our blog, International Law in Brief In addition, the Society's
ASIL Insights series provides analyses of particularly high-profile developments.
Beginning in 2007, we have introduced all documents published in International Legal Materials with a pref-
atory note by experts from among our membership. These notes provide summaries of the documents and offer
insight into their significance. In this volume, we feature notes by Theodore Kill, Julian G. Ku, Diane A. Desierto,
and Michael D. Rosenthal. We are extremely grateful to these authors, and we are confident that you will find their
contributions of value.
We invite your comments and suggestions as we continue our efforts to meet the evolving needs of the international
legal community.
Sincerely,
Mark David Agrast
Chair
Editorial Advisory Committee
International Legal Materials

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