The Cambridge Law Journal

Table of Contents - 1924 - Volume 2, Issue 01  

Research Article

The Law and the Courts of Palestine

Norman Bentwich

In his Introduction to the Handbook of Palestine, which appeared last year, the High Commissioner, the Eight Hon. Sir Herbert Samuel, wrote: “If I were called upon to express in a single word the distinguishing characteristic of Palestine, I should say ‘diversity.’” What is true of the physical characteristics, the climate, the religions, the peoples, and the civilizations of that little country is equally true of its laws and its judicial systems.