International Law and the Administration of Occupied Territories

`The standard of papers in this important book is uniformly high. It is accessible to the lay reader and deserves to be read widely.'Middle East International

• Part 1 International legal framework: prolonged military occupation, Adam Roberts; the application of international law in the occupied territories as reflected in the judgments of the High Court of Justice in Israel, Mazen Qupty; the relevance of international law to Israeli and Palestinian rights in West Bank and Gaza, Richard A. Falk and BUrns H. Weston; the legislative stages of the Israel military occupation, Raja Shehadeh; the destruction of Troy will not take place, Alain Pellet; playing on principle? - Israel's justification for its administrative acts in the occupied West Bank, Emma Playfair. Part 2 Administration of occupied territories: the administration of occupied territory in international law, Christopher Greenwood; the administration of the West Bank under Israeli rule, Mona Rishmawi; the right to form trade unions under military occupation, John Quigley; mass-based organizations in the West Bank and Gaza, Joost R. Hiltermann; taxation under belligerent occupation, Gerhard von Glahn; financial administration of the Iraeli occupied West Bank, Hisham Jabr; Israeli's economic policies in the occupied territories, Hisham Awartani; power and duties of an occupation in relation to land and natural resources, Antonio Cassese; exploitation of land and water resources for Jewish colonies, Ibrahim Matar. Part 3 Enforcement of international law: enforcement of human rights in the West Bank and Gaza strip, John Dugard; avenues open for defence of human rights in the Israeli occupied territories, Jonathan Kuttab.