Abstract This article traces the careers of 12 Palestinian Arab lawyers who practised law during the last years of the British Mandate in Palestine (1920–1948), and who became Israeli citizens after 1948. The State of Israel made efforts to limit the professional practice of Palestinian lawyers and to supervise them. Yet, despite the pressures, most of them continued their legal practice and became active in the Israeli public sphere. We show that the Palestinian lawyers’ struggle to maintain their practice in Israel was used to assert autonomy for the legal profession, and concurrently, it was perceived as a touchstone for minority civil rights in the state.

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转型中的律师——犹太国家头十年的巴勒斯坦阿拉伯律师

摘要 本文追溯了 12 名巴勒斯坦阿拉伯律师的职业生涯，他们在英国托管巴勒斯坦的最后几年（1920-1948 年）从事法律工作，并在 1948 年后成为以色列公民。巴勒斯坦律师并监督他们。然而，尽管面临压力，他们中的大多数人继续从事法律工作，并活跃于以色列公共领域。我们表明，巴勒斯坦律师在以色列维持执业的斗争被用来维护法律职业的自主权，同时，它被视为该州少数族裔公民权利的试金石。