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ISRAEL -- FOUNDATION OF THE LEGAL SYSTEM

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ISRAEL -- FOUNDATION OF THE LEGAL SYSTEM

Laws of the State of Israel. Authorised translation from the Hebrew. Vol. I Ordinances. Jerusalem: Jerusalem Post Press for the Government Printer, 1948. Small 4° (240 x 157mm). 104pp. (Dampstained throughout, a few leaves with minor marginal creasing.) Original green printed wrappers (dampstained, spine defective and with tape repair). Provenance: small Hebrew stamps to wrappers, title and final leaf.

VERY RARE FIRST ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE ISRAELI DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE and of the founding laws of the newly independent state of Israel. It is wide-ranging, from the formulation of flags to the definition of 'abandoned areas'.