The purse and the sword : the trials of Israel's legal revolution, Daniel Friedmann ; translated by Haim Watzman

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The purse and the sword : the trials of Israel's legal revolution, Daniel Friedmann ; translated by Haim Watzman

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the trials of Israel's legal revolution

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Daniel Friedmann ; translated by Haim Watzman

Instantiates

• The purse and the sword : the trials of Israel's legal revolution

Publication

• New York, NY, Oxford University Press, 2016

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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• nc

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rdacarrier.

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text

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• txt

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rdacontent.

Contents

• Timeline Chart
• Introduction -- Part One:
• The Classical Court -- 1. A State is Born -- 2. To Judge But Not to Rule -- 3. The Attorney General and his Powers -- 4. The Legal System Topples Rabin -- 5. Menachem Begin: Temporary Justice Minister
• Part Two:
• The Legal Revolution -- 6. The Legal Revolution Takes Off -- 7. Undermining the Political System -- 8. Jewish Racists Meet Palestinian Nationalists in the Knesset -- 9. The Supreme Court and Military Service for Yeshiva Students: -- Justiciability and Public Suits -- 10. The Secret Services Affair -- 11. Torture -- 12. The Second Rabin Government and the Oslo Agreements -- 13. The Deri Trial -- 14. The Bar-On-Hebron Affair -- 15. Ehud Barak's Commission of Inquiry -- 16. Protecting Human Rights -- 17. Trespassing on the Executive -- 18. Political Agreements and Prizes -- 19. Interference in Knesset Procedures -- 20. The Supreme Court and the Fight against Terror -- 21. The Court as Legislator and the Wonders of Interpretation -- 22. The Supreme Court Writes a Constitution -- 23. Appointments to the Supreme Court -- 24. The Role of Criminal Law -- 25. Guilty until Proven Innocent -- 26. The Attorney General Reigns Supreme
• PART Three:
• Partial Restraint -- 27. The Olmert Government and the Second Lebanon War -- 28. The Olmert Investigations -- 29. War in the Shadow of Criminal Investigations -- 30. The Ramon Trial -- 31. The Decline in the Supreme Court's Standing -- 32. Changes and Reform Proposals -- 33. Changes in the Appointments to the Supreme Court -- 34. Snail-Paced Justice -- 35. The Media Battle -- 36. The Court Today: Moderate Rulings, Radical Principles

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FIEb17866479

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25 cm.

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vii, 397 pages

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9780190278502

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rdamedia.

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• n

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u322820

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(OCoLC)944380173