The Arab-Israeli accords : legal perspectives / edited by Eugene Cotran and Chibli Mallat with assistance from David Stott ; foreword by Lord Slynn of Hadley.

"Proceedings, in part, of a conference convened by the Centre of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law (CIMEL), School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, held in London in December 1994"--Verso t.p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The weight of legal history : constraints and hopes in the search for a sovereign legal language / Raja Shehadeh -- Legal systems and public attitudes during negotiations towards transition from conflict to reconciliation : the Middle East, 1992-1994 / Ruth Gavison -- The status of the Palestinian authority / Eyal Benvenisti -- Some legal aspects of the declaration of principles : a Palestinian view / Eugene Cotran -- Domestic politics, law and the peace process : a view from Israel / David Kretzmer -- The draft basic law for the Palestianian National Authority during the transitional period / Anis Al-Qasem. Annex: Basic law for the National Authority in the transitional period (third draft) -- Legal aspects of Israeli-Palestinian economic relations / Celia Wasserstein Fassberg -- Power and trade :: the Israeli-Palestinian economic protocol / Sharif S. Elmusa and Mahmud El-Jaafari -- The Jordan-Israel water agreement : a model or an exception? / Sharif S. Elmusa -- Joint management of groundwater resources : its need and implications / Eran Feitelson -- Creating legal institutions : the effectiveness of the Israeli legal system / Ruth Levush -- Judicial independence under Palestinian rule / Mona Rishmawi -- Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, Washington, September 28, 1995.