TY - BOOK AU - Allain,Jean TI - International law in the Middle East: closer to power than justice SN - 0754624366 U1 - 341.26 22 PY - 2004///] CY - Hants, England, Burlington, Vermont : PB - Ashgate Publishing Limited KW - United Nations KW - Middle East KW - BUEsh KW - International law KW - Kurds KW - Legal status, laws, etc KW - Self-determination, National KW - International status KW - MASPPSS KW - February2013 KW - November2019 KW - Reading book N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Beyond positivism : denial of Kurdish self-determination -- Imperial attitude toward the Suez Canal -- Disregard for international law in the evolution towards the formation of the state of Israel -- Lack of enforcement of international law and the abandonment of Palestinian refugees -- Selective enforcement of international law : the Security Council and its varied responses to a decade of aggression (1980-90) -- Punitive in extremis : United Nations' Iraqi sanctions -- Internalizing the requirements of international law : perpetual states of emergency in Egypt and Syria -- A stream apart : peaceful settlements in the Middle East ER -