The purse and the sword : the trials of Israel's legal revolution /

" The Purse and the Sword presents a critical analysis of Israel's legal system in the context of its politics, history, and the forces that shape its society. This book examines the extensive powers that Israel's Supreme Court arrogated to itself since the 1980s and traces the histor...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Friedmann, Daniel, 1936- (Author)
Other Authors: Watzman, Haim (Translator)
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Hebrew
Subjects:
Political questions and judicial power > Israel.
Judicial independence > Israel.
Courts of last resort > Israel.
Law > Israel > History.
LAW / Legal History.
LAW / Comparative.
Table of Contents:
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  • Timeline Chart
  • Introduction
  • Part I: The Classical Court
  • 1. A State is Born
  • 2. To Judge But Not to Rule
  • 3. The Attorney General and his Powers
  • 4. The Legal System Topples Rabin
  • 5. Menachem Begin: Temporary Justice Minister
  • Part II: The Legal Revolution
  • 6. The Legal Revolution Takes Off
  • 7. Undermining the Political System
  • 8. Jewish Racists Meet Palestinian Nationalists in the Knesset
  • 9. The Supreme Court and Military Service for Yeshiva Students:
  • Justiciability and Public Suits
  • 10. The Secret Services Affair
  • 11. Torture
  • 12. The Second Rabin Government and the Oslo Agreements
  • 13. The Deri Trial
  • 14. The Bar-On-Hebron Affair
  • 15. Ehud Barak's Commission of Inquiry
  • 16. Protecting Human Rights
  • 17. Trespassing on the Executive
  • 18. Political Agreements and Prizes
  • 19. Interference in Knesset Procedures
  • 20. The Supreme Court and the Fight against Terror
  • 21. The Court as Legislator and the Wonders of Interpretation
  • 22. The Supreme Court Writes a Constitution
  • 23. Appointments to the Supreme Court
  • 24. The Role of Criminal Law
  • 25. Guilty until Proven Innocent
  • 26. The Attorney General Reigns Supreme
  • PART III: Partial Restraint
  • 27. The Olmert Government and the Second Lebanon War
  • 28. The Olmert Investigations
  • 29. War in the Shadow of Criminal Investigations
  • 30. The Ramon Trial
  • 31. The Decline in the Supreme Court's Standing
  • 32. Changes and Reform Proposals
  • 33. Changes in the Appointments to the Supreme Court
  • 34. Snail-Paced Justice
  • 35. The Media Battle
  • 36. The Court Today: Moderate Rulings, Radical Principles
  • Index.

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