The Fingerprints of History in Land Inventory -- Culture, Nation, and Socialism in the Administration of Public Lands -- Privatization of Public Lands -- National Land Planning in a Small Country -- Jewish and Democratic -- Creative Judiciary -- Epilogue : Identity in Flux.
Summary:
"As one of the smallest and most densely populated countries in the world, the State of Israel faces serious land policy challenges and has a national identity laced with enormous internal contradictions. In Land Law and Policy in Israel, Haim Sandberg contends that if you really want to know the identity of a state, learn its land law and land policies. Sandberg argues that Israel's identity can best be understood by deciphering the code that lies in the Hebrew secret of Israeli dry land law. According to Sandberg, by examining the complex facets of property law and land policy, one finds a unique prism for comprehending Israel's most pronounced identity problems. Land Law and Policy in Israel explores how Israel's modern land system is the product of legislation from the Ottoman period and the British Mandate as well as the seventy-plus years of the State of Israel. The regulation of property and the determination of land usage have been the consequences of explicit choices made in the context of competing and evolving concepts of national identity. Land Law and Policy in Israel will prove to be a must-read not only for anyone interested in Israel but also for anyone who wants to understand the importance of land law in a nation's life"-- Provided by publisher.
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