Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Setting the Stage: Was Britain’s Rule in Palestine Legal?
- 1 The Balfour Declaration Is the Focal Point for the Legal Situation of Palestine
- 2 The Balfour Declaration Was a Binding Commitment to the Jewish People
- 3 The Jewish National Home Meant a Jewish State
- 4 The Balfour Declaration Was Issued to Affirm Jewish Rights in Palestine
- 5 The Paris Peace Conference Raised Jewish Statehood to the International Level
- 6 Britain’s Allies Made the Balfour Declaration an International Commitment
- 7 Britain’s Allies Endorsed Jewish Rights
- 8 Britain Took on Palestine Because of the League’s Mandate System
- 9 The League of Nations Protected Palestine’s Arab Population
- 10 Britain Was Given Palestine by the League of Nations
- 11 The League of Nations Put the Palestine Mandate into Legal Force
- 12 The Peace Treaty with Turkey Legalized Britain’s Status in Palestine
- 13 The Palestine Mandate Document Was a Treaty between Britain and the League
- 14 The League of Nations Required Britain to Implement the Balfour Declaration
- 15 The Palestine Mandate Document Implemented the League Covenant
- 16 The Palestine Mandate Document Recognized Jews as a National Group
- 17 The Palestine Mandate Document Bound Britain to the Balfour Declaration
- 18 The International Community Committed Itself to the Balfour Declaration
- 19 Britain Held Legal Status in Palestine
- 20 The United Nations Charter Carried Forward a Jewish Entitlement to Statehood
- Postscript: Why History Matters
- Documents Annex
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Setting the Stage: Was Britain’s Rule in Palestine Legal?
- 1 The Balfour Declaration Is the Focal Point for the Legal Situation of Palestine
- 2 The Balfour Declaration Was a Binding Commitment to the Jewish People
- 3 The Jewish National Home Meant a Jewish State
- 4 The Balfour Declaration Was Issued to Affirm Jewish Rights in Palestine
- 5 The Paris Peace Conference Raised Jewish Statehood to the International Level
- 6 Britain’s Allies Made the Balfour Declaration an International Commitment
- 7 Britain’s Allies Endorsed Jewish Rights
- 8 Britain Took on Palestine Because of the League’s Mandate System
- 9 The League of Nations Protected Palestine’s Arab Population
- 10 Britain Was Given Palestine by the League of Nations
- 11 The League of Nations Put the Palestine Mandate into Legal Force
- 12 The Peace Treaty with Turkey Legalized Britain’s Status in Palestine
- 13 The Palestine Mandate Document Was a Treaty between Britain and the League
- 14 The League of Nations Required Britain to Implement the Balfour Declaration
- 15 The Palestine Mandate Document Implemented the League Covenant
- 16 The Palestine Mandate Document Recognized Jews as a National Group
- 17 The Palestine Mandate Document Bound Britain to the Balfour Declaration
- 18 The International Community Committed Itself to the Balfour Declaration
- 19 Britain Held Legal Status in Palestine
- 20 The United Nations Charter Carried Forward a Jewish Entitlement to Statehood
- Postscript: Why History Matters
- Documents Annex
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Britain and its Mandate over PalestineLegal Chicanery on a World Stage, pp. v - viPublisher: Anthem PressPrint publication year: 2022