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Few issues arouse as much emotion in Israeli politics and academia as the question of adopting an override clause, by which the Knesset...

Introduction A landmark event transpired in Israel on January 1, 2024, when, for the first time in the nation’s history, the Supreme...

Following the 37th Israeli government's election, the government declared its intention to implement extensive judicial reforms, which it...

On September 12th, the Israeli Supreme Court, sitting en banc with all fifteen justices for the first time, heard eight petitions...

It is the eve of Tisha B’Av, the day that commemorates the destruction of the first and second temples in Jewish history. On the...

It is commonly assumed that Israel’s system of government is parliamentary. The prevailing narrative is that Israel experienced a brief...

The article discusses Israel’s ongoing constitutional crisis centered around the government’s attempt to restrict the reasonableness...

This chapter challenges us to rethink our most basic understanding of constitutionalism. In reality, just like authoritarian regimes, the...

In late 2022, Israel’s new right-wing government, led by Prime Minister Netanyahu and Justice Minister Yariv Levin, initiated a...

The Scope of Justice Stein’s Probabilistic Interpretation Approach Before his appointment to the Israeli Supreme Court, Justice Stein was...

These days, we are experiencing an unprecedented and severe assault on Israel's judicial system, culminating in proposals by members of...

The Supreme Court will deliberate, in a panel of eleven justices, on the validity of Amendment No. 11 to Basic Law: The Government, which...

The Supreme Court will deliberate, in a panel of eleven justices, on the validity of Amendment No. 11 to Basic Law: The Government, which...

The article proposes a theoretical framework aimed at limiting the Knesset’s override power over Israel’s Basic Laws, arguing that such...

This article argues that  the weaker a country’s separation of powers, the stronger its judiciary tends to be , and vice versa. This...

Following the 2022 elections to Israel’s legislature (Knesset),  a hardcore right wing coalition  is in the process of forming. Each of...

A fierce debate is raging these days about the democratic implications of the Israeli 2022 elections to the twenty-fifth Knesset...

In this blog, I argue that constitutional savings clauses—provisions that shield outdated laws from judicial review even after a new...

The transitional government led jointly by Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid decided to act with full force to appoint a Chief of Staff to...

We are in the midst of an ongoing constitutional and governmental crisis, resulting, among other things, from the combination of a...