1677 Politics in Europe: 5 Cases in European Government, edited by Gwendolen M. Carter [&] Alan F. Westin (read 2 Dec 1981) This is a 1965 book containing five articles. While 1965 is a long time ago and I could wish the articles were updated, I found the articles extremely interesting. The first article told of the introduction of commercial TV in Britain, and it was insightful to see how things were done in Britain, though the issue does not seem too portentous. The next article was on deGaulle's amendment to the Constitution to provide for direct election of the President in 1962. DeGaulle clearly did an unconstitutional thing by our standards, and I was intrigued and somewhat shocked by the account. It accentuated to me the settled state of our constitutional law, even though we all know there have been terrific changes--but in the established way, not by the dictate of one man, albeit endorsed by referendum. The third article was on the Spiegel case in West Germany--scary because so different from what we expect. The fourth article was on the Common Market agricultural policy--good as far as it went. What has happened since? The fifth was on Soviet law changes since Stalin. The book whetted my interest in post-World War II history. ( )