ILM volume 63 issue 5 Cover and Front matter

International Legal Materials (ILM) is a publication of the American Society of International Law that reproduces texts of documents reflecting the broad scope and evolution of international law.The range of covered subjects has expanded from traditional topics such as international organizations, jurisdiction, and international trade to include developments in fields such as intellectual property, environmental law, nuclear non-proliferation, human rights, and international criminal law.ILM serves as both a bi-monthly information service and a widely recognized archive of international law documents for a diverse, global community of legal scholars, government officials, private practitioners, and institutions with a common interest in international law.To meet the varied demands of such a readership, documents are selected from world-wide sources on the basis of their present and future legal significance.