International Law and the Administration of Occupied Territories: Two Decades of Israeli Occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip

by Emma Playfair (Editor)

Overview

These essays come from a conference organized to draw attention to legal problems arising from the Israeli occupation of the West Bank. Contributors include internationally-renowned experts on international and human rights law as well as a number of Palestinian lawyers actively engaged in promoting the interests of indigenous Palestinians. This book makes an important contribution to the legal literature on the situation in the Occupied Territories, covering such issues as the administration of occupied territory in international law, the right to form trade unions under military rule, taxation and financial administration, land and water resources, and defense and enforcement of human rights in occupied territories.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198252979
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	11/12/1992
Pages:	572
Product dimensions:	6.56(w) x 9.56(h) x 1.58(d)

About the Author

Cairo Office of the Ford Foundation

Editorial Reviews

"This work fills the virtual void in book-length treatment of human rights and military occupation in this particular context."—American Society of International Law (ASIL) Newsletter

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