Research Resources for Legal History
Israeli
Legislation
Ottoman and Mandate legislation in Hebrew (Nevo, subscription required)
Palestine Gazette in English (Yale University)
Palestine Gazette in Hebrew and English (Nevo, subscription required)
Mandate Palestine legislation (LLMC, subscription required)
Ordinances passed by the Provisional State Council (21 May 1948 – 11 February 1949)
The Middle East Online: Arab-Israeli Relations, 1917-1970 (Gale, subscription required)
National database of legislation (Knesset)
Case Law
Mandate Palestine case law (selected)
Mandate Palestine case law reports (LLMC, subscription required)
Appeals to the Privy Council from Palestine (judgments and some related papers)
Selected translated opinions of the Supreme Court of Israel
Other Historical Material
Mandate Palestine treatises (LLMC, subscription required)
Secondary Sources
Introduction to English-Language Literature on Israeli Legal History (part 1)
Introduction to English-Language Literature on Israeli Legal History (part 2)
Chapters from The History of Law in a Multi-Cultural Society: Israel 1917-1967 (Ashgate, 2002)
Israeli Legal History - A Bibliography (October 2020 version)
Ministry of Justice, Roots in the Law (Hebrew)
International
Commonwealth Legal Information Institute
Digital libraries for legal history
Digital Resources on the History of the British Empire
English Reports, Full Reprint (1220-1867), UK
House of Commons Parliamentary Papers (HCPP)
LLMC (multiple jurisdictions, subscription required)
Making of Modern Law: Legal Treatises 1800 – 1926
Making of Modern Law: Foreign, Comparative and International Law 1600-1926
Any additional resource recommendations would be gladly received.
