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​The Supreme Court Library

​The Supreme Court Library contains a large collection of literature, legislation and case law, which is used by Justices, Registrars and their law clerks.

The Supreme Court Library has existed since the time of the British mandate, and was first located in the previous Supreme Court building in the Russian Compound. At that time, the collection was smaller and consisted of British, mandatory and Ottoman legislation and British and mandatory case law, most of which was in English. After the State and the Supreme Court were established, the library's collection was expanded over time to include books in Hebrew that began to be published, law books from various countries including the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and Australia and Hebrew scriptures and writings by Jewish law scholars. In addition, the library contains all of the judgments, apart from confidential ones, of the Supreme Court since the 1970s.

The Library Catalog is available on-line. The first floor of the library is open to the general public from Sunday to Thursday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.. Books may be consulted at the library, but cannot be taken out, even by inter-library loan. Materials from the library may be photocopied for a fee. It is important to note that Justices and their law clerks are given priority in using the Library's collection.

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