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1 online resource (312 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half-title page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Maps -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Table of Cases -- International -- Permanent Court of International Justice -- International Court of Justice -- International Military Tribunal -- Court of Justice of the European Union -- Arbitral Awards -- Domestic -- Germany -- Israel -- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland -- Table of Treaties and International Instruments -- List of Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- 1 Subalternity in the International System |
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2 The Counter-Hegemonic Potential of International Law and Institutions -- 3 International Legal Subalternity as a Long-Range Condition -- 4 TWAIL and the Question of Palestine -- 5 A Word on the Nature of the UN -- 6 Overview -- 2 The Interwar Period -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Institutionalization of the International Rule by Law -- 3 The Origins of Palestine's International Legal Subalternity -- 3.1 Zionism, Colonialism, and the Civilizing Mission as a Legal Technology in Palestine -- 3.2 1915-1916 Hussein-McMahon Correspondence -- 3.3 1916 Sykes-Picot Agreement -- 3.4 1917 Balfour Declaration |
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3.5 1920 Covenant of the League of Nations -- 3.6 1922-1947 Mandate for Palestine -- 4 Conclusion -- 3 1947: The UN Plan of Partition for Palestine -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The UN as the Guardian of International Law -- 3 Resolution 181(II) and the International Rule by Law -- 3.1 The UN Charter, Self-Determination, and the Role of the UN in the Mandate for Palestine -- 3.2 Resolution 181(II): Its Terms -- 3.3 Resolution 181(II): Assessment under International Law -- 3.4 Resolution 181(II) as an Embodiment of the International Rule by Law -- 4 UNSCOP and the General Assembly Debates |
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4.1 Bias in UNSCOP's Composition and Terms of Reference -- 4.2 UNSCOP's Unwillingness to Sufficiently Engage Palestinian Arab Opinion -- 4.3 UNSCOP's Contempt for Democratic Government and the Empirical Reality of the Indigenous Arab Population -- 5 The Nakba and UNSCOP's Cognitive Dissonance -- 6 Conclusion -- 4 1948 and After: The UN and the Palestinian Refugees -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The UN, Refugees, and International Law -- 2.1 UNHCR and the 1951 Convention Regime for Protection and Assistance, Including Durable Solutions |
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2.2 Other International Law Relevant to Refugee Protection and Assistance, Including Durable Solutions -- 2.2.1 International Law of Nationality -- 2.2.2 International Human Rights Law -- 2.2.3 International Humanitarian and Criminal Law -- 2.2.4 State Responsibility -- 2.2.5 Conclusion -- 3 Palestinian Refugees and the International Rule by Law -- 3.1 The Palestinian Refugee Problem: Immediate Causes, Enduring Results -- 3.2 The Palestinian Refugee Problem under International Law -- 3.3 The Palestinian Refugee Problem and the UN: Failing to Square the Circle |
| Summary |
This book will be of interest to international lawyers, UN officials, policymakers, and scholars. It urges a critical examination of the UN's handling of the question of Palestine and how the organization can discharge its functions more effectively, in line with international law and justice |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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3.3.1 A Spirit of Erasure: The Origins of the Distinctive Institutional and Normative Regime |
| Subject |
United Nations -- Palestine
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Palestinian Arabs -- Legal status, laws, etc
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Rule of law.
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| SUBJECT |
Palestine -- International status
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1009084682 |
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9781009084680 |
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