Legal History and the Development of Rights of Inhabitants of the West Bank since 1948 pursuant to International Law

The piece discusses the legal nature of the West Bank since 1948. It summarizes the history of the Territory since the British conquest from the Ottoman Empire in 1917 up till the 1994 Israel-Jordan peace treaty. Furthermore, it discusses the nature and development of the right to selfdetermination...

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Main Author: Tomáš Mach
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Language:deu
Published: STS Science Centre Ltd. 2024-06-01
Series:Journal on European History of Law
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Online Access:https://www.journaloneuropeanhistoryoflaw.eu/index.php/JEHL/article/view/284
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description The piece discusses the legal nature of the West Bank since 1948. It summarizes the history of the Territory since the British conquest from the Ottoman Empire in 1917 up till the 1994 Israel-Jordan peace treaty. Furthermore, it discusses the nature and development of the right to selfdetermination, ultimately arguing that the West Bank is currently terra nullius under Israeli occupation and that (leaving aside wishful thinking of different streams in international relations) under pure principles of customary international law there is no such think as Palestine, at least not in the territory of the West Bank.
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Legal History and the Development of Rights of Inhabitants of the West Bank since 1948 pursuant to International Law
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terra nullius
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territorium nullius
West Bank
title Legal History and the Development of Rights of Inhabitants of the West Bank since 1948 pursuant to International Law
title_full Legal History and the Development of Rights of Inhabitants of the West Bank since 1948 pursuant to International Law
title_fullStr Legal History and the Development of Rights of Inhabitants of the West Bank since 1948 pursuant to International Law
title_full_unstemmed Legal History and the Development of Rights of Inhabitants of the West Bank since 1948 pursuant to International Law
title_short Legal History and the Development of Rights of Inhabitants of the West Bank since 1948 pursuant to International Law
title_sort legal history and the development of rights of inhabitants of the west bank since 1948 pursuant to international law
topic terra nullius
self-determination
statehood
territorium nullius
West Bank
url https://www.journaloneuropeanhistoryoflaw.eu/index.php/JEHL/article/view/284
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