International Law in the Middle East: Closer to Power than Justice

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ISBN: 9780754624363 | 0754624366
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 12/28/2004

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Examining international law through the lens of the Middle East, this insightful study demonstrates the qualitatively different manner in which international law is applied in this region of the world.

Table of Cases

List of Maps

xiii

Preface

Acknowledgements

xix

The Melian Dialogue

xxi

Introduction

(2)

Scope of Study

(260)

Beyond Positivism: Denial of Kurdish Self-Determination

(34)

Failure of a Kurdish State to Materialise

(8)

Treatment of Kurds during the Consolidation of the Modern Middle East

(5)

Situation of the Kurds in the Era of Self-Determination

(8)

Situation of the Kurds in the `New World Order'

(8)

Conclusion

(3)

Imperial Attitude toward the Suez Canal

(26)

The Establishment of the Suez Canal

(2)

1888 Constantinople Convention

(7)

Egyptian Nationalisation of the Suez Canal Company

(3)

Seeking a Peaceful Settlement of the Suez Dispute

(4)

The Tripartite Aggression against Egypt

(4)

The Aftermath of the Tripartite Aggression

(2)

Conclusion

(3)

Disregard for International Law in the Evolution toward the Formation of the State of Israel

(28)

Support for Zionism

(3)

The Balfour Declaration

(3)

The British Mandate for Palestine

(12)

Toward the State of Israel

(7)

Conclusion

(2)

Lack of Enforcement of International Law and the Abandonment of Palestinian Refugees

101

(26)

Creating Palestinian Refugees in Exile

102

(5)

Conditions of Palestinian Refugees in Exile

107

(7)

International Refugee Law and Palestinian Refugees

114

(10)

Conclusion

124

(3)

Selective Enforcement of International Law: The Security Council and its Varied Responses to a Decade of Aggression (1980--90)

127

(36)

Aggression in International Law

128

(6)

Response to Iran-Iraq War

134

(8)

Response to the Israeli Invasion and Occupation of Lebanon

142

(10)

Response to the Iraqi Invasion and Annexation of Kuwait

152

(9)

Conclusion

161

(2)

Punitive in extremis: United Nations' Iraqi Sanctions

163

(32)

The Coalition Air Campaign

164

(8)

The United Nations Sanctions

172

(11)

United Nations' Iraqi Sanctions and Norms of Jus Cogens

183

(8)

Responsibility and the United Nations' Iraqi Sanctions

191

(2)

Conclusion

193

(2)

Internalising the Requirements of International Law: Perpetual States of Emergency in Egypt and Syria

195

(34)

States of Emergency in International Law

197

(9)

Egypt: Human Rights under a Perpetual State of Emergency

206

(10)

Syria: Human Rights under a Perpetual State of Emergency

216

(11)

Conclusion

227

(2)

A Stream Apart: Peaceful Settlements in the Middle East

229

(34)

The Most Militarised Region in the World

230

(5)

The Peaceful Settlement of Disputes

235

(4)

Peaceful Settlement of Disputes in the Middle East

239

(21)

Conclusion

260

(3)

Epilogue

263

(14)

The Continued Withering of Palestine

264

(5)

September 11 and its Repercussions

269

(5)

Conclusion

274

(3)

Appendix 1: 1888 Constantinople Convention

277

(4)

Appendix 2: l'Entente Cordiale: The 1904 Franco-British Declaration

281

(4)

Appendix 3: 1956 Sevres Protocol

285

(2)

Appendix 4: UN General Assembly Resolution 302 (1948)

287

(4)

Appendix 5: UN General Assembly Resolution 3314 (1974)

291

(4)

Appendix 6: UN Security Council Resolution 425 (1978)

295

(2)

Appendix 7: UN Security Council Resolution 479 (1980)

297

(2)

Appendix 8: UN Security Council Resolution 508 (1982)

299

(2)

Appendix 9: UN Security Council Resolution 598 (1987)

301

(2)

Appendix 10: UN Security Council Resolution 660 (1990)

303

(2)

Appendix 11: UN Security Council Resolution 661 (1990)

305

(4)

Appendix 12: UN Security Council Resolution 678 (1990)

309

(2)

Appendix 13: UN Security Council Resolution 687 (1991)

311

(8)

Appendix 14: UN Security Council Resolution 688 (1991)

319

(2)

Appendix 15: UN Security Council Resolution 1483 (2003)

321

(8)

Bibliographic Note

329

(8)

Index

337

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International Law in the Middle East: Closer to Power than Justice

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