by a British senior judicial officer, Orme Bigland Clarke, who was appointed by General Edmund Allenby in 1918, following the British conquest.

Great Britain, based on the League of Nations mandate to govern Palestine, implemented the Common Law system, except for the jury system. Legal precedents in torts and contracts were borrowed from England, and certain legal areas were codified in order to assure legal certainty. The Penal Code in Israel was practically the same as those used by the British in India or other colonies and territories.

 

Declaration of Independence

 

Israel declared itself independent on May 14, 1948 and issued a Declaration of Independence. While it was drafted as a universal and democratic declaration capturing nobl...

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