Azzam, Issam Abdel Rahman. The International Status of the Persian Gulf States. Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar.

€ 950.00

First separate edition: legal treatise on the international status of Kuwait, Bahrain and Qatar, with particular respect to the British protectorate. Prepared by Issam Abdel Rahman Azzam, an expert on international and Middle Eastern law, drawing on his own master thesis of the same title.

The paper explains the constitutional system and structure of government of the three states, elaborates on matters of extraterritorial jurisdiction, and stresses the necessity of clear national boundaries, particularly since "oil discoveries and exploitations converted the unclaimed desert territories into valuable assets and the problem has taken on the form of territorial disputes between most of the states on the Persian Gulf" (p. 34).

Offprint from the "Revue Egyptienne de Droit International", no. 15. Slightly toned, otherwise very well preserved.