| The Colonies of Law: Colonialism, Zionism and Law in Early Mandate Palestine Contributor(s): Shamir, Ronen (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521631831 ISBN-13: 9780521631839 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $123.50 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 1999 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | International - History | Middle East - Israel & Palestine |
| Dewey: NA |
| LCCN: 99033099 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in Law and Society (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.20 lbs) 232 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book traces attempts of Jewish jurists-nationalists to establish a nonreligious system of Hebrew Courts in British-ruled Palestine. The book analyzes the secular, national and anticolonial ideology of the Hebrew Law of Peace and shows that Jewish religious groups, secular lawyers and leading Zionist institutions undermined the Hebrew Law project. The book explores the reluctance of leading Zionists to allow communities, rather than organized quasi-state institutions, to define the trajectory of Jewish nationalism. |