Synopses & Reviews
This book traces attempts of Jewish jurists-nationalists to establish a nonreligious system of Hebrew Courts in British-ruled Palestine. The book analyzes the secular, national and anticolonial ideology of the Hebrew Law of Peace and shows that Jewish religious groups, secular lawyers and leading Zionist institutions undermined the Hebrew Law project. The book explores the reluctance of leading Zionists to allow communities, rather than organized quasi-state institutions, to define the trajectory of Jewish nationalism.
Review
"Shamir's study of the Hebrew Law of Peace is historically informative." S. Bowman, Choice"Shamir's study provides a model social history of hegemony and counterhegemony of interest to readers with little specialized knowledge or interest in Israel. Lisa Hajjar American Journal Of Sociology
Synopsis
This book traces attempts to establish a non-religious system of Hebrew Courts in British-ruled Palestine.
Synopsis
This book is a socio-historical analysis of a community-based system of justice under colonial rule. It traces attempts of Jewish jurists-nationalists to convince the Jewish settler community of Palestine to resolve their private and public disputes without recourse to either traditional religious courts or British-governed state-courts.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-212) and index.
Table of Contents
1 Mandate Palestine: the enigma of the missing colonial state; 2 Whose tradition?: imageries of the past in Hebrew law; Interregnum; 3 State law and communal justice; 4 Celebrating authenticity and practicing hybridity; 5 Nationalism as a disciplinary regime; Salle d'Attente; 6 Lawyering the nation; 7 Nation-building and the containment of legality; 8 Dead law and statism: a suggested lesson.