| The Law in These Parts | |
| Director: | Ra'anan Alexandrowicz |
| Producer: | Liran Atzmor |
| Music: | Karni Postel |
| Cinematography: | Shark De Mayo |
| Editing: | Neta Dvorkis |
| Runtime: | 101 minutes[1] |
| Country: | Israel |
| Language: | Hebrew |
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 – International Feature".[4]
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]