RARE book on Private International Law with emphasis on the system applied in British-ruled Palestine, of the peculiar arrangements, traditional in the former Ottoman Empire, as regards exercise of jurisdiction and application of law to foreigners and in matters of personal status, to members of the native Muslim, Jewish and Christian communities. 230x165mm. X+305 pages. Quarter-cloth marbled Hardcover. Gilt lettering on spine. Cover upper edges and cover corners slightly bumped. Spine and spine gilt somewhat faded, spine edges slightly bumped. Previous owner`s stamp and pen-written name on title-page. Title-page, last page and several other pages slightly age-stained. Small pencil marks on some pages. Page 272 fore-edge slightly dirty - NO damage to text. Several pages of printed text with corrections and emendations bound between relevant pages. Pages slightly yellowing. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare book, of interest to any serious student of law and history of the British mandate era in the Middle East, is otherwise in good condition.