The Constitution of Palestine, promulgated several years ago, created a new status for women seeking admission to the bar. This was the ruling of the Palestine High Court in the case of Mrs. Ginzberg, daughter-in-law of the late Achad Ha’am, Hebrew writer and philosopher.
Mrs. Ginzberg sought court action to compel the Palestine legal board to permit her to practice before the courts, having made an application when she was refused permission to take the bar examinations.
The court stated that Mrs. Ginzberg was not permitted to take her examinations in 1922 in accordance with instructions given the Palestine government by the Colonial Office, but this happened before the Palestine Constitution was promulgated and before the High Court was constituted. The litigant was advised to make another application to the legal board for examinations. Should she now be refused, the court will try the case.
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