Byrne, Iain

Byrne, Iain

Iain Byrne

1 December 2003Review

Clarity Press 2003; ISBN 0 93286337 X; £8.81, 205pp

The recent death of Edward Said robbed the Palestinians of their most eloquent advocate in the West. One of the most committed and articulate of Palestinian allies still with us however, is the Professor of International Law at Illinois University, Francis A Boyle. Boyle has produced a tool for the reader “to go out and work for peace with justice for all peoples and states in the Middle East”.

While eschewing polemic for an analysis that is rooted in international legal principles…