The Colonies of Law. Colonialism, Zionism and Law..
2000
by Shamir, Ronen
2000. Shamir, Ronen. The Colonies of Law. Colonialism, Zionism and Law in Early Mandate Palestine. Cambridge University Press, [2000]. xiii, [3], 216 pp. Cloth. Dust jacket. New. $64.95. * This book traces attempts of Jewish jurists-nationalists to establish a non-religious system of Hebrew Courts in British-ruled Palestine. The book analyzes the secular, national and anti-colonial ideology of the Hebrew Law of Peace and shows that Jewish religious groups, secular lawyers and leading Zionist institutions undermined the Hebrew Law project. (Inventory #: 29409)