Palestinian lawyers and Israeli rule : law and disorder in the West Bank / by George Emile Bisharat.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bisharat, George Emile, 1954- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lawyers--Israel.

Lawyers.

Palestinian Arabs--Legal status, laws, etc--Israel.

Palestinian Arabs.

Rule of law--Israel.

Rule of law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 1989.

Summary:

As frequent intermediaries between Israeli military authorities and Palestinian citizens, Palestinian lawyers stand close to the fault line dividing Israeli and Palestinian societies. The conflicts and tensions they experience in their profession mirror the larger conflicts between the two societies. Thus, as George Bisharat reveals in Palestinian Lawyers and Israeli Rule, a careful study of the work and lives of Palestinian lawyers ultimately helps to illuminate the causes of the intifada, or uprising, that began in December 1987. The study revolves around the central question of why the Palestinian legal profession declined during twenty years of Israeli occupation when, in other Third World countries, the legal profession has often reached its peak during a period of Western colonization. Bisharat answers this question with a wide-ranging inquiry into the historical origins of the legal profession and court system in Palestine, the tenuous grounding of these institutions in Palestinian society and culture, and the structure, style, and policies of the late-twentieth-century Israeli military government in the West Bank. For general readers interested in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, as well as specialists in such fields as legal anthropology, sociology of the professions, Third World law and development, and Middle Eastern studies, Palestinian Lawyers and Israeli Rule will be required reading.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

1. Introduction

2. Imposition of the Modern Legal Profession

3. The Social and Cultural Context

4. Orientalist Despotism

5. The Social Composition of and Entry into the Profession

6. The Organization of the Legal Profession

7. The Content of Legal Practice

8. Deterioration of the Formal Court System

9. Disintegration of the Profession

10. Conclusions

Appendix

Notes

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-292-76136-8

OCLC:

1286808780