What we consider fact is often simply a legal presumption.' Steven Wilf, University of Connecticut 'This is a deft historical case study of the law in action in a colonial context with broad ...

The UN General Assembly approved UN Resolution Resolution 181 (II) on November 29, 1947, recommending that the British Mandate for Palestine be split into a Jewish state, an Arab state, and an ...

Jennifer Derr, University of California, Santa Cruz ‘Mandatory Madness is essential reading for anyone concerned with the history of Mandate Palestine and the history of the psy-sciences.

During this period, Palestine was characterised by a Jewish minority and an Arab majority. The British Mandate for Palestine, which began in 1920, aimed at facilitating the establishment of a ...