Democratic Backsliding

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

. he Netanyahu Doctrine  held that it was legally permissible to assign the task of forming a government to Member of Knesset Benjamin...

We are in uncharted waters in comparative terms. Israel held  three election cycles within 12 months  to end the political stalemate that...

We are currently experiencing a constitutional crisis of historic proportions, unprecedented even by comparative standards. At the heart...

Significant challenges lie ahead. Three election cycles within less than a year have failed to produce a stable government in Israel. At...

The Path to Stability and Effective Governance: Strengthening Parliamentary Oversight and Enhancing Public Legitimacy of the Basic Laws...

Article's full name: The Strategic Common Law Court of Aharon Barak and its Aftermath: On Judicially-led Constitutional Revolutions and...

In the judicial year 2014–2015, the Israeli Supreme Court issued several landmark rulingsspecifically in the  Dirani ,  Zoabi , and ...

The Israeli legislature (the Knesset) applies continuity to pending bills on a regular basis. In spite of changes that occur in the...

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

Israel's Jewish and democratic character has always posed a great challenge to those seeking to protect and advance secular life in...

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

The principle of legislative discontinuity following elections is prevalent in democratic systems. Legislative discontinuity means that...