Willard, Andrew2021-11-262021-11-261984-01-019300238http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13051/6126In studying incidents for the purpose of monitoring the genesis, modification, and termination of international norms, there are advantages to having a broadly homogeneous approach. While creative efforts in the genre need not conform to rigid specifications, certain general features would seem indispensable to a systematic study. The pieces included in this volume approach the study of incidents in a comparable fashion: each identifies the problem to be covered and its legal importance, presents a detailed account of the facts of the incident and the claims brought by the participants, analyzes how a complex and frequently unorganized decision process resolved the incident, and finally, appraises the international legal significance and implications of the incident.https://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/yjil/vol10/iss1/4https://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1313&context=yjil&unstamped=1