Recommended reading of relevance to the Basic Law
Abu Amr, Ziad. “The Palestinian Legislative Council: A Critical Assessment,” Journal of Palestine Studies, Vol. 26, No. 4, Summer, 1997: 90-97.
Aruri, Naseer and John J. Carroll. “A New Palestinian Charter,” Journal of Palestine Studies Vol. 23, No. 4, Summer 1994: 5-17.
Brown, Nathan J.. Constitutions in a Non-constitutional World: Arab Basic Laws and the Prospects for Accountable Government. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2002.
______ Palestinian Politics after the Oslo Accords: Resuming Arab Politics. Berkeley: Unity of California Press, 2003.
______“The Palestinian Reform Agenda”. Peaceworks No. 48. United States Institute of Peace, Washington: December 2002. http://www.usip.org/pubs/peaceworks/pwks48.pdf.
______“Evaluating Palestinian Reform”. Carnegie Papers: Middle East Series, No 59, The Carnegie Endowment, Democracy and Rule of Law Program. Washington: June 2005. http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/CP59.brown.FINAL.pdf.
______ “What can Abu Mazin do?”, web commentary, Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace. Washington: 15 June 2007. http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/AbuMazinUpdateJune1507.pdf.
______ “Requiem for Palestinian Reform: Clear Lessons from a Troubled Record”. Carnegie Papers: Middle East Series, No 81. The Carnegie Endowment, Democracy and Rule of Law Program. Washington: February 2007. http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/cp_81_palestine_final.pdf.
Butenschøn, Nils and Vollan, Kåre (eds.). “Interim Democracy,” Human Rights Report, No 7 2006. Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, University of Oslo: 1996.
Butenschøn and Vollan. “Democracy in Conflict: Report on Elections for Local Councils, President, and Legislative Council in the Occupied Palestinian Territiory 2004-2006,” Nordem Special Report 2006, Norwegian Centre for Human Rights. University of Oslo: 2006.
http://www.humanrights.uio.no/forskning/publ/nr/2006/palestine_special_report.pdf.
Harb, Jihad and Shikaki, Khalil. “Towards a more open and inclusive political system: A return to a presidential system is a return to instability,” executive summary, policy paper by The Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research, Ramallah: October 2005.
http://www.nsi-ins.ca/english/pdf/PalestinePolicyBrief_Nov_05_Eng.pdf.
Klein, Menachem. “By Conviction, Not By Infliction: The Internal Debate Over Reforming the Palestinian Authority,” in Middle East Journal, Vol 57, No 2, spring 2003: 194-212.
Palestinian Independent Commission For Citizens’ Rights. “The Status of Palestinian Citizens’ Rights During 2005”, 11th Annual Report. Ramallah: 2006.
http://www.piccr.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=130&Itemid=187&lang=en.
______ “The Status of Palestinian Citizens’ Rights During 2006”, 12th Annual Report. Ramallah: April 2007. http://www.piccr.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=163&Itemid=189&lang=en.
Shikaki, Khalil and Shueibeh, Azmeh. “A Window on the Workings of the PA: An Inside View,” in Journal of Palestine Studies, Vol. 30, No 1, Autumn 2000: 88-97.¨
Viken, Tonje Merete, “Struggles for Power and Unity: Constitutional Designs in the Palestinian Authority,” unpublished MA thesis, Institute of Cultural Studies and Oriental Languages, University of Oslo. Oslo: 2008.
http://www.palestinianbasiclaw.org/downloads/tonje-merete-viken-masteroppgave.pdf
“The Palestinian Legislative Council: A Handbook,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy. Washington: 2007.
http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/html/pdf/PLCHandbook.pdf