Anglo American Constitutional Model

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...

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...

In this blog, I argue that constitutional savings clauses—provisions that shield outdated laws from judicial review even after a new...

As Conservatives have come to dominate the US Supreme Court, originalist interpretation methods will determine constitutional disputes....

Few topics arouse as much passion in Israeli political and academic discourse as the proposal to adopt a general  override clause , which...

Israel stands on the threshold of a pivotal election, one that may shape the fundamental character of the state. The ongoing political...

Court packing is considered the nuclear weapon that may unleash total chaos on the American constitutional system. Even in the face of a...

This article challenges the prevailing view that Brexit marks a radical departure from British constitutional tradition. Instead, it...

This piece examines the proposal to adopt a general override clause in Israel’s Basic Laws, allowing the Knesset to enact legislation...

The debate over the legislature's authority to override Basic Laws or judicial rulings interpreting them is highly charged with political...

Some constitutions use savings clauses to shield from judicial review laws that have been in force prior to their adoption, thus,...

Constitutional statutes challenge the traditional dichotomy between regular statutes and constitutional provisions. They are supposedly...

This article explores the oft-neglected relationships between constitution-making (including amendment) mechanisms and constitutional...

This comment reviews Bruce Ackerman's We the People: The Civil Rights Revolution. It traces the major innovations suggested in the book...

Scholars traditionally deduce whether judicial review is weak or strong in a given country from the text of constitutional provisions...

In this article, we suggest a new interpretation of British constitutional history under which the Parliament Act 1911 is treated as a...

It is often asserted that a formal constitution does not necessitate judicial review over primary legislation. Rather, a country may...