| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 312 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Studies in legal history |
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Studies in legal history.
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| Contents |
Structure, jurisdiction, and identity -- Cultural images and the substance of law -- Case law and the reflection of identity -- Legislation and the representation of identity -- Legal education and the formation of identity -- Crafting law to fit identity -- Limiting identity in law -- Arab lawyers and French identity -- Arif al-Arif and nomadic identity |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Print version record; online resource viewed September 13, 2016 |
| Subject |
Law -- Palestine -- History
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Nationalism -- Palestine -- History
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Palestinian Arabs -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Palestine -- History
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Jews -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Palestine -- History
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LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
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Jews -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Law
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Nationalism
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Palestinian Arabs -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Middle East -- Palestine
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2005034983 |
| ISBN |
9780807877180 |
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0807877182 |
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