Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments     
Introduction     

Part I: Political Issues
1. Diplomatic Recognition of States in statu nascendi: The Case of Palestine. Sanford R. Silverburg.     
2. Palestine: The Issue of Statehood. John Quigley.     
3. Israel and the Creation of a Palestinian State: The Art of the Impossible and the Possible. Joseph H. Weiler.     
4. Palestine and the World of Law: A Structural Analysis. Sanford R. Silverburg.     
5. Aspects of Foreign Relations Under the Israeli-Palestinian Agreements on Interim Self-Government Arrangements for the West Bank and Gaza. Joel Singer.     
6. From Liberation to State Building in South Africa: Some Constitutional Considerations for Palestine. Adrien Katherine Wing.     
7. Peace and the Political Imperative of Legal Reform in Palestine. George E. Bisharat.     
8. Mandate Ways: Self-Determination in Palestine and the “Existing Non-Jewish Communities.” John Strawson.     
9. Palestine and the United Nations. Neri Sybesma-Knol.     
10. From Ostracism to a Leading Role—Spain’s Foreign Policy Towards the Middle East Since 1939. Juan Bautista Delgado.     

Part II: Economic Issues
11. Palestinian Economic Development in the Era of Globalization. David P. Fidler and Fadi G. Harb.     
12. Legal and Structural Hurdles to Achieving Political Stability and Economic Development in the Palestinian Territories. Keith C. Molkner.     
13. Palestinian Economic Progress Under the Oslo Agreements. Mel Levine.     

Selected Bibliography     
Contributors     
Index