The United Nations and the Question of Palestine : Rule by Law and the Structure of International Legal Subalternity.

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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 -- 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 -- 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 -- 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 -- 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 -- 3.3.1 A Spirit of Erasure: The Origins of the Distinctive Institutional and Normative Regime -- 3.3.2 UNCCP and Durable Solutions for Palestinian Refugees -- 3.3.3 UNRWA, UNHCR, and Protection and Assistance for Palestine Refugees -- 4 Conclusion -- 5 1967 and After: The UN and the Occupied Palestinian Territory -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Decolonization, Third World Sovereignty, and the UN -- 3 Palestine as an Embodiment of Third World Quasi-Sovereignty -- 3.1 Bringing International Law to Bear in Palestine? Decolonization and the Gradual Recognition of Palestinian Legal Subjectivity at the UN -- 3.2 The Maintenance of the International Rule by Law in Palestine: The Reduction of Palestine and the Limits of Palestinian Legal Subjectivity at the UN -- 4 The Illegality of Israel's Continued Presence in the OPT.

4.1 Why Legality Matters: Negotiating the Illegal in Light of the Law of State Responsibility -- 4.2 The Need for Clarity in the UN's Practice on the OPT -- 4.3 The Illegality of Israel's Continued Presence in the OPT -- 4.3.1 Prohibition on the Acquisition of Territory through the Threat or Use of Force -- 4.3.2 The Right of Peoples to Self-determination -- 4.3.3 Prohibition on Racial Discrimination -- 4.4 Legal Consequences and the Mitigation of Palestinian International Legal Subalternity -- 5 Conclusion -- 6 2011 and After: Membership of Palestine in the UN -- 1 Introduction -- 2 UN Membership and the Principle of Universality -- 2.1 Universality of Membership as the General Principle -- 2.2 History of Membership in the UN -- 3 UN Practice on Membership Criteria -- 3.1 Statehood -- 3.2 Peace-Loving -- 3.3 Acceptance, Ability, and Willingness to Carry Out Charter Obligations -- 3.4 General Observations -- 4 UN Membership of Palestine and the International Rule by Law -- 4.1 The 2011 Application -- 4.2 Conditions Extraneous to Article 4(1) Criteria -- 4.3 Statehood -- 4.4 Peace-Loving -- 4.5 Acceptance, Ability, and Willingness to Carry Out Charter Obligations -- 4.6 General Observations -- 5 Non-member Observer State Status for Palestine -- 6 Conclusion -- 7 Conclusion -- Postscript -- Index.

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.