The Law in These Parts

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 from the Best International Feature Documentary award jury.^[4]

The Law in These Parts
Film poster
Directed by	Ra'anan Alexandrowicz
Written by	Ra’anan Alexandrowicz
Produced by	Liran Atzmor
Cinematography	Shark De Mayo
Edited by	Neta Dvorkis
Music by	Karni Postel
Release date	2011 (2011)
Running time	101 minutes[1]
Country	Israel
Language	Hebrew

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]

See also

• The Gatekeepers