Part 1 Biobehavioural research: oral argument in Supreme Court decision-making, Glendon Schubert; Marxist guerillas, Francis Moran; the Balkanized global village, Elliott White; birth order and female federal judges, Albert Somit et al; the evolutionary critique of culturalism, N. Patrick Peritore; insights on distributive policy from an analysis of the NIH research budget and from biocultural science, Arlen Carey and Lauressa Nelson; human nature in the theory and practice of modern international relations, Vincent S.E. Falger; health status and political behaviour among the elderly, Steven A. Peterson and Robert J. Maiden; decision-making under uncertainty, Patrick A. Stewart; emerging political leadership in young adults, J. David Ivers; comparing approaches to human coalition behaviour, J. Michael Tweed. Part 2 Studies in biopolicy: bio-political economy, Peter A. Corning; biopolitics in Russia and prospects for the future, Alexander V. Oleskin and Roger D. Masters; political culture and AIDS policy, James N. Schubert; school-based AIDS involvement and street level bureaucrats, Steven A. Peterson and Amy M. Brofcak; a biopolitical view of workplace diversity, Vidu Soni; will Canada and the USA break up like the USSR?, J. Philippe Rushton; eugenics - economics for the long run, Edward M. Miller.