Table of Contents

Preface 1. Resuming Arab Palestine 2. The Legal Framework: Disputing in, over, and outside Courts 3. Constituting and Reconstituting Palestine 4. Inventing a Parliament 5. Civil Society in Theory and Practice 6. Democracy, Nationalism, and Contesting the Palestinian Curriculum 7. Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

About the Author

Nathan J. Brown is Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at The George Washington University. He is the author of Constitutions in a Nonconstitutional World: Arab Basic Laws and the Prospects for Accountable Government (2001), The Rule of Law in the Arab World: Courts in Egypt and the Gulf (1997), and Peasant Politics in Modern Egypt: The Struggle against the State (1990).