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Colonies of Law: Colonialism, Zionism and Law in Early Mandate Palestine »
Authors: Ronen Shamir, Sally Engle Merry (Contribution by), Martin Chanock (Contribution by), Pat O'Malley (Contribution by), Susan Silbey
ISBN-13: 9780521631839, ISBN-10: 0521631831
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: November 1999
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Author Biography: Ronen Shamir
Book Synopsis
This book traces attempts to establish a non-religious system of Hebrew Courts in British-ruled Palestine.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | ||
| Mandate Palestine 1914-1936: Some Facts and Figures | ||
| Introduction | 1 | |
| 1 | Mandate Palestine: The Enigma of the Missing Colonial State | 6 |
| 2 | Whose Tradition? Imageries of the Past in Hebrew Law | 30 |
| Interregnum | 49 | |
| 3 | State Law and Communal Justice | 53 |
| 4 | Celebrating Authenticity and Practicing Hybridity | 71 |
| 5 | Nationalism as a Disciplinary Regime | 92 |
| Salle d'Attente | 101 | |
| 6 | Lawyering the Nation | 108 |
| 7 | Nation-building and the Containment of Legality | 126 |
| 8 | Dead Law and Statism: A Suggested Lesson | 148 |
| Notes | 173 | |
| Bibliography | 205 | |
| Index | 213 |
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