International Law and the Administration of Occupied Territories: The Two Decades of Israeli Occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The proceedings of a conference organized by al-Haq in Jerusalem in January 1988

This collection of essays results from a conference held in 1988, organized to draw attention to legal problems arising out of the occupation, by Israel, of the area of Palestine known as the `West Bank'. Contributors include many internationally-renowned experts on international law and human rights law as well as a number of `local' Palestinian lawyers actively engaged in promoting interests of indigenous Palestinians. International concern over the future of the `West Bank' is as strong now as in 1988, and this book makes an important contribution to the legal literature on the situation in the Occupied Territories.

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.