Israeli Constitutional Law in the Making

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In the domain of comparative constitutionalism, Israeli constitutional law is a fascinating case study constituted of many dilemmas. It is moving from the old British tradition of an unwritten constitution and no judicial review of legislation to fully-fledged constitutionalism endorsing judicial review and based on the text of a series of basic laws. At the same time, it is struggling with major questions of identity, in the context of Israel's constitutional vision of 'a Jewish and Democratic' state. Israeli Constitutional Law in the Making offers a comprehensive study of Israeli constitutional law in a systematic manner that moves from constitution-making to specific areas of contestation including state/religion relations, national security, social rights, as well as structural questions of judicial review. It features contributions by leading scholars of Israeli constitutional law, with comparative comments by leading scholars of constitutional law from Europe and the United States.

Gideon Sapir is a Professor of Constitutional Law at the Faculty of Law of Bar-Ilan University. Daphne Barak-Erez is a Justice of the Supreme Court of Israel. She was formerly Dean of the Faculty of Law at Tel Aviv University. Aharon Barak served as the President of the Supreme Court of Israel and is currently Professor of Law at the IDC.

...comparative constitutionalism is much richer for this book should serve as an important reference point on constitutionalism. -- Abimbola A Olowofoyeku * International Human Rights Law Review, Volume 3, 2014 *