The Law in These Parts

2011 Israeli film

2011 (2011)

Running time

101 minutes^[1]CountryIsraelLanguageHebrew

The Law in These Parts (Hebrew: שלטון החוק) is a 2011 Israeli documentary film, written and directed by Ra'anan Alexandrowicz, about the court system operated by the Israel Defense Forces in the West Bank.^[2] It won the Best Documentary award at the 2011 Jerusalem Film Festival and the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize in Documentary at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival.^[3] At the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, The Law in These Parts won the "Special Jury Prize – International Feature".^[4]

The documentary is divided into five chapters and reviews the legal history of Israel's occupation of Arab territories. Alexandrowicz interviews a number of the judges who were responsible for carrying out the orders of military commanders. Only judges who presided over occupation-related cases are interviewed; as Alexandrowicz noted, “This film is not about the people who broke the law. It’s about the people who wrote the law.”^[5]

References

^ "Hot Docs Film : Title : Law In These Parts". Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. Archived from the original on 2012-04-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ Smith, Ian Hayden (2012). International Film Guide 2012. p. 150. ISBN 978-1908215017.
^ Israeli documentary on West Bank legal system wins prestigious Sundance prize Haaretz, 29 January 2012
^ "2012 Awards". Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. Retrieved 2016-08-03.
^ Quoted in Matt Goldberg, Review of The Law in These Parts Collider.com, 24 January 2012.