Jews, sovereignty, and international law : ideology and ambivalence in early Israeli legal diplomacy / Rotem Giladi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Giladi, Rotem, author.

Series:

History and theory of international law.

The History and Theory of International Law

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International law--Israel.

International law.

Sovereignty.

Diplomacy--Religious aspects--Judaism.

Diplomacy.

Israel--Foreign relations.

Israel.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (355 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2021.

Summary:

Jews, Sovereignty, and International Law explores Israel's engagement with international law during the early years of statehood. Drawing upon three case studies, Giladi illuminates the shift from Jewish advocacy to Israeli diplomacy.

Contents:

cover

Series

Jews, Sovereignty, and International Law

Copyright

Contents

Abbreviations

Part 1

Prologue: 'With an Eye to the Past', But No Longer 'An Object of International Law': The Late Birth and Early Demise of the Jewish Yearbook of International Law

Introduction: A Radical Transformation?: International Law and the Sovereign Turn in Jewish History

1. Terms of Engagement: International Law, the Jewish Question, Ideology, and Ambivalence

Part 2

2. Lauterpacht in Jerusalem: Individual Petition and the Politics of Jewish Representation

3. 'The Extreme Non-​Zionist, Apolitical Concept of Jewish Public Life': Petitions, Human Rights, Standing, and Representation

Part 3

4. From a 'Marginal Problem' to the 'Supreme International Jurisdiction': Israel and the Genocide Convention

5. 'A False and Perverse Doctrine': The Genocide Convention and Jewish Nationalism

Part 4

6. Sovereign Sensibilities and Jewish Refugees: Jacob Robinson and the Drafting of the 1951 Refugee Convention

7. 'A Better Remedy': Shabtai Rosenne, Ratification of the 1951 Refugee Convention, and the End of Jewish Statelessness

Part 5

Epilogue: Revolutionaries, Torchbearers, and Imperfect Subjects: The Zionist Creed and the Test of Sovereignty

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Index

01_9780198857396_C01_new_index.pdf.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-259929-1

0-19-189021-9

0-19-259928-3

OCLC:

1262334367