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'The Law in These Parts' (Hebrew: ' ') 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. 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.[http://www.haaretz.com/culture/israeli-documentary-on-west-bank-legal-system-wins-prestigious-sundance-prize-1.409775 Israeli documentary on West Bank legal system wins prestigious Sundance prize] Haaretz, 29 January 2012 At the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, 'The Law in These Parts' won the "Special Jury Prize International Feature".

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. Its about the people who wrote the law.[http://collider.com/sundance-2012-the-law-in-these-parts-review/140253/ Quoted in Matt Goldberg, Review of 'The Law in These Parts'] Collider.com, 24 January 2012.

See also



*'The Gatekeepers'

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