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 international law and related matters. This Yearbook is included in the 1997 subscription to the Netherlands International Law Review (Volume 44).