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AbstractThis article traces the careers of 12 Palestinian Arab lawyers who practised law during the last years of the British Mandate in Palestine (1920–1948), and who became Israeli citizens after 1948. The State of Israel made efforts to limit the professional practice of Palestinian lawyers and to supervise them. Yet, despite the pressures, most of them continued their legal practice and became active in the Israeli public sphere. We show that the Palestinian lawyers' struggle to maintain their practice in Israel was used to assert autonomy for the legal profession, and concurrently, it was perceived as a touchstone for minority civil rights in the state.

In this review, Carol Sanger examines the recent surge of interest in the lives of early women lawyers. Using Jane Friedman's biography of Myra Bradwell, America's First Woman Lawyer, as a starting point, Professor Sanger explores the complexities for the feminist biographer of reconciling for herself and for her subject conflicting professional, political, and personal sensibilities. Professor Sanger concludes that to advance the project of women's history, feminist biographers ought not retreat to the comforts of commemorative Victorian biography, even for Victorian subject, but should instead strive to present and accept early women subjects on their own complex terms.

Military lawyers have been around for decades, but only recently became involved in lethal targeting decisions: this book shows why and with what consequences. 'The War Lawyers' examines the role of laws of war interpreted and applied by military lawyers in targeting decisions. Drawing on a detailed analysis of aerial targeting operations carried out by the US military in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the Israel military in Gaza, it shows why military lawyers are involved in targeting and with what consequences.

In this review, Carol Sanger examines the recent surge of interest in the lives of early women lawyers. Using Jane Friedman's biography of Myra Bradwell, America's First Woman Lawyer, as a starting point, Professor Sanger explores the complexities for the feminist biographer of reconciling for herself and for her subject conflicting professional, political, and personal sensibilities. Professor Sanger concludes that to advance the project of women's history, feminist biographers ought not retreat to the comforts of commemorative Victorian biography, even for Victorian subjects, but should instead strive to present and accept early women subjects on their own complex terms.

In the late 18th and 19th, and the early 20th centuries invaluable contributions were made by lawyers to the establishment of international law in the United States. Their contributions took various forms, but all helped establish, clarify, or disseminate understanding of this branch of the law. Because of the ways international law develops, these people ranged from statesmen who established practices and doctrines in the international field that ultimately became the law, to those who participated in the development of important treaties and international agreements; and from judges who rendered significant decisions on points of international law, to scholars and others who were responsible for the gradual evolution of education and literature in the field.

In the wake of the devaluation of the Russian ruble in 1998 and the resulting flight of foreign investment, which was exacerbated by allegations of massive corruption and capital flight at the highest levels of government in 1999, the question of an appropriate role for the United States in helping Russia to establish an environment able to attract and retain foreign and domestic capital, to maintain a viable globally integrated market-based economic system, and to create a stable civil society, is under discussion. The authors believe that a viable market economy will not flourish in Russia until a more stable legal environment, based on the rule of law, is in place. No fully developed economy currently exists that is not firmly rooted in the rule of law. However, the focus of U.S. aid should support the rule of law not merely as a necessary, indeed essential, support to business, but also as a pre-condition to the development of a civil society. In recent years, United States law-based assistance to Russia has been based principally on the training of judges and the provision of computer technology through various aid programs. The United States has also made scholarships available to Russian lawyers, enabling them to pursue Master of Laws' degrees in the United States. When and if these lawyers return home, most practice law in Western law firms or are employed in international joint ventures. An increasing number have begun to seek employment outside Russia as that country's economy spirals downward. By 2000 virtually no programs provide the opportunity for undergraduate law students those who, unlike Russian lawyers, must return in order to complete their legal education and obtain their credentials to study in the United States. This article takes note of Russia's unmet need for well-trained lawyers who fully understand the critical importance of the rule of law to the development of Russia's economic system and civil society. The article also describes Russia's system of legal education and university ...