This title was first published in 2002: This path-breaking collection of essays on the history of Israel from a legal perspective brings together the work of many distinguished Israeli legal historians. It focuses primarily on the impact of colonialism, nationalism and socialism on the law of Palestine and Israel between 1917 and 1967 and the topics examined in detail include: the role of law in the shaping of mandatory society, law and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Israeli courts, the holocaust and the interaction of law and class in mandatory Palestine and Israel, The book also contains important historiographical essays by leading American legal historians, who offer reflections on the study of legal history in the American and Israeli context.