Constituting Palestine: The effort to write a basic law for the Palestinian authority

From: The Middle East Journal | Date: January 1, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

The creation of the Palestinian National Authority in 1994 occasioned an effort to write a Basic Law, a new constitutional structure to govern Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. While the process of drafting the Basic Law began with very modest goals-affirming Palestinian autonomy and establishing a basic legal framework-it was soon wrested away by constitutionalists with a more ambitious vision. The final draft of the Basic Law is perhaps the most carefully-crafted and liberal constitutional document in Arab history. Largely for that reason, it has yet to be promulgated, but it has set ...

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