SUSSMAN, YOEL

SUSSMAN, YOEL (1910–1982), president of the Israel Supreme Court. Born in Cracow, Poland, Sussman moved to Germany with his parents and completed his secondary education there and studied law. He settled in Palestine in 1934 and remained in private practice until the War of Independence, when he served as deputy judge advocate-general in the Israel Defense Forces with the rank of captain. In 1949 he became a district court judge in Tel Aviv and in 1953 was nominated to the Supreme Court. He lectured at Tel Aviv University and at the Hebrew University Law School in Jerusalem. His major studies are the following: Das Wechselrecht Palestinas (1937), Bills of Exchange (1945), Dinei Shetarot (1951), Dinei Borerut ("On Arbitration," 1953), Sidrei Din ha-Ezraḥi (1959). In 1970 he was appointed permanent deputy president of the Supreme Court and in 1976 its president. In 1975 he received an Israel Prize. -BIBLIOGRAPHY: Jerusalem Post Archives (Alexander Zvielli)