Constitutional Making

In this blog, I argue that constitutional savings clauses—provisions that shield outdated laws from judicial review even after a new...

. Justice Minister Gideon Sa’ar established a committee composed of coalition representatives to examine the question of adopting a Basic...

Since the Basic Laws were recognized as the state’s constitution in the  Bank Mizrahi  case, the constitutional project has yet to be...

Twenty years have passed since the Bank Mizrahi judgment was delivered, and the debate over whether Israel has a formal constitution has...

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

The constitutional crisis that has gripped Israel in recent years has highlighted the urgent need to adopt a  Basic Law: Legislation...

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

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...

When the world is once again preoccupied with constitution-making, this article challenges us to rethink our most basic conceptions...