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 history of th...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Translated from the Hebrew. |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2016.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | 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 history of the transformation of its legal system and the shifts in the balance of power between the branches of government. Centrally, this shift has put unprecedented power in the hands of both the Court and Israel's attorney general and state prosecution at the expense of Israel's cabinet, constituting its executive br. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vii, 397 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-363) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780190278533 0190278536 9780190278519 019027851X |