Law, violence and sovereignty among West Bank Palestinians

CONTENTS......Page 13
ILLUSTRATIONS......Page 14
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 15
GLOSSARY OF ORGANISATIONS AND ACRONYMS......Page 17
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION......Page 21
THE OSLO PEACE PROCESS......Page 23
LAW AND THE ISRAELI–PALESTINIAN CONFLICT......Page 26
HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL CONTEXT......Page 28
LEGAL RIGHTS AND COLLECTIVE SUBJECTS......Page 31
THE POLITICS AND CULTURE OF RIGHTS......Page 35
SUBJECTS AND SOVEREIGNS......Page 37
OUTLINE OF CHAPTERS......Page 43
CHAPTER TWO UNDERSTANDING RIGHTS CLAIMS......Page 46
KHALID AND MARWAN......Page 48
ISLAM AND MORALITY......Page 52
KINSHIP AND COMMUNITY......Page 55
COLLECTIVE ORGANISATION AND LITIGATION......Page 62
THE MEANINGS OF LAW AND LITIGATION......Page 68
CONCLUDING REMARKS......Page 71
CHAPTER THREE ‘JURISDICTIONAL POLITICS’ IN THE OCCUPIED WEST BANK......Page 74
TERRITORIAL INTEGRATION AND ECONOMIC DEPENDENCY IN THE WEST BANK......Page 76
THE LEGAL SEPARATION OF ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS UNDER OSLO......Page 78
‘CAUSE LAWYERS’ AND WEST BANK PALESTINIANS......Page 81
BASHIR, THE SETTLEMENT OF GIVA’AT ZEEV AND THE POLITICS OF ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS......Page 84
THE ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF LEGAL JURISDICTION......Page 87
BASHIR AND THE LAWYER’S PERSPECTIVES......Page 90
THE POSSIBLE SETTING OF A PRECEDENT......Page 93
THE SUBMISSION OF THE ISRAELI ATTORNEY GENERAL......Page 94
THE DECISION OF THE LABOUR COURT AND THE APPEAL TO THE ISRAELI SUPREME COURT......Page 97
CONCLUDING REMARKS......Page 98
CHAPTER FOUR WEST BANK PALESTINIANS ACROSS THE GREEN LINE......Page 100
THE FORCE OF THE GREEN LINE......Page 103
THE HISTORY OF THE REGULATION OF THE ENTRY OF PALESTINIAN LABOUR INTO ISRAEL......Page 104
WORKING THE BORDER REGIME......Page 109
THE BORDER REGIME AND PROBLEMATIC ACCESS TO LABOUR RIGHTS......Page 120
THE BORDER REGIME, THE SECOND INTIFADA AND SOCIAL CHANGES......Page 123
FEAR AND QUESTIONABLE STATUS......Page 126
THE FEAR OF ISRAELI SOLDIERS......Page 128
CONCLUDING REMARKS......Page 131
CHAPTER FIVE CLAIMING LABOUR RIGHTS IN THE WEST BANK......Page 133
RAMZI AND THE PHARMACEUTICAL FACTORY......Page 134
THE RAMALLAH COURTS......Page 136
PROBLEMS OF ENFORCEMENT......Page 138
THE COURTS, THE PNA SECURITY FORCES AND PALESTINIAN STATE BUILDING......Page 141
THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE......Page 145
THE AL-QUDS TISSUE FACTORY......Page 146
STRUGGLES FOR LEGAL RIGHTS......Page 149
SAMI AND THE STONE-CUTTING PLANT......Page 151
THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE, ‘UNITY’ AND COMPROMISE......Page 154
CONCLUDING REMARKS......Page 156
CHAPTER SIX THE PALESTINIAN NATIONAL AUTHORITY AND THE ‘NATIONAL INTEREST’......Page 163
THE TEACHERS’ STRIKE AND THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF THE PNA......Page 165
THE MOTIVATIONS FOR THE STRIKE......Page 171
THE ARGUMENTS OVER THE STRIKE......Page 177
THE TENSIONS BETWEEN LAW AND DEFERENCE......Page 180
CONCLUDING REMARKS......Page 186
CHAPTER SEVEN CONCLUSION......Page 189
THE PROCESSES OF INTEGRATION AND SEPARATION......Page 190
LEGAL RIGHTS, COLLECTIVE SUBJECTS AND THE CONTRADICTIONS OF SOVEREIGNTY......Page 191
LAW, (DIS)ORDER AND VIOLENCE......Page 195
MOVING BEYOND ISRAEL AND PALESTINE?......Page 198
REFERENCES......Page 202
INDEX......Page 214