The Legal Status of the Arabian Gulf States: A Study of Their Treaty Relations and Their International Problems

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Manchester University Press, 1968 - Law - 351 pages
Study of problems connected with the legal status of Arab country, with particular reference to problems arising from their treaty relations and international relations - covers historical aspects of the protective role of UK in the area, accession to independence, aspects of international law, position within the framework of the UN, boundary disputes and territorial claims, foreign policy, the role of multinational enterprises of the petroleum industry, etc. Bibliography pp. 332 to 343.
 

Contents

Relations with the Trucial Shaikhdoms
25
Relations with Bahrain
31
Relations with Kuwait
40
Treaty relations of Muscat
47
General considerations affecting the legal position of protectorates
61
The present legal position of the Gulf States
67
International responsibility
129
Immunity of the rulers of the Gulf States from the jurisdiction
145
BritishSaudi controversy over the sovereignty of Buraimi
196
Disputes over Inner Oman and Zubarah
239
Iraqi claim to sovereignty over Kuwait
250
Disputes over land boundaries
261
Disputes over the determination of submarine boundaries in
278
Appendices
313
KuwaitSaudi Arabia Agreement relating to the partition
324
Select bibliography
332

Position within the framework of the United Nations
151
Irans claim to sovereignty over Bahrain
167

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