Palestinian Lawyers and Israeli Rule

Law and Disorder in the West Bank

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Law, Legal Profession, History, Middle East, Israel, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Anthropology
Cover of the book Palestinian Lawyers and Israeli Rule by George Emile Bisharat, University of Texas Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: George Emile Bisharat ISBN: 9780292761377
Publisher: University of Texas Press Publication: January 27, 2014
Imprint: University of Texas Press Language: English
Author: George Emile Bisharat
ISBN: 9780292761377
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication: January 27, 2014
Imprint: University of Texas Press
Language: English
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.
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
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.

More books from University of Texas Press

Cover of the book Dwight Yoakam by George Emile Bisharat
Cover of the book A Political History of the Texas Republic, 1836-1845 by George Emile Bisharat
Cover of the book Conversations Across Our America by George Emile Bisharat
Cover of the book The Quality of Life Report by George Emile Bisharat
Cover of the book Comanche Vocabulary by George Emile Bisharat
Cover of the book Mouse Morality by George Emile Bisharat
Cover of the book Written in Blood Vol. 1 by George Emile Bisharat
Cover of the book Constables, Marshals, and More by George Emile Bisharat
Cover of the book Border Bandits by George Emile Bisharat
Cover of the book Six-Shooters and Shifting Sands by George Emile Bisharat
Cover of the book Slavery and Utopia by George Emile Bisharat
Cover of the book The Social Production of Urban Space by George Emile Bisharat
Cover of the book Beowulf by George Emile Bisharat
Cover of the book Buenos Aires by George Emile Bisharat
Cover of the book Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico, Vol. 1 by George Emile Bisharat
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy