DIKAN (Dikstein) Paltiel (1885, Vileika, Livonia province -1969) - lawyer.

In 1910-17 Paltiel Dikan practised law in St. Petersburg, studied Jewish law, wrote articles for the ‘Jewish Encyclopaedia’. From 1921 in Erez-Israel. Initiator of legal education in the country and established in 1935 the School of Law and Economic Disciplines in Tel Aviv. From 1948 Dean of the School of Law, in 1958 its Rector. From 1951 he also taught law at the Hebrew University (Jerusalem) and in 1959 was appointed to the post of professor. He was one of the editors of the legal periodical ‘Ga-Praklit’, Chairman of the Legal Terminology Committee of the Hebrew Academy. In 1957 he received State Prize of Israel for legal research (1957).

Paltiel Dikan is the author of ‘Criminal Law’, vols. 1-6, 1938-62; ‘Compensation for Dismissal’, 1940, (with M. Weger); ‘The Legal Status of Women in Israel’, 1949; ‘Marriage and Divorce Law’, 1956; ‘History of Jewish Law’, 1964.