Format:
Online-Ressource (xi, 312 p)
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ill
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24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0807830178
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9780807830178
Series Statement:
Studies in legal history
Content:
Uncovering legal distinctions, notions, and doctrines used by lawyers to mediate between different identities, the author provides a comprehensive account of the relationship between law and identity. He shows how law and identity interacted in a complex colonial society in which British rulers and Jewish and Arab subjects lived together
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Contents; Preface; Introduction; Part I: The British; 1 Structure, Jurisdiction, and Identity; 2 Cultural Images and the Substance of Law; 3 Case Law and the Reflection of Identity; 4 Legislation and the Representation of Identity; 5 Legal Education and the Formation of Identity; Part II: Jews; 6 Crafting Law to Fit Identity; 7 Limiting Identity in Law; Part III: Arabs; 8 Arab Lawyers and French Identity; 9 'Arif al-'Arif and Nomadic Identity; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780807830178
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Law and Identity in Mandate Palestine
Language:
English
