Israel's national security law : political dynamics and historical development / Amichai Cohen and Stuart A. Cohen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cohen, Amichai.

Contributor:

Cohen, Stuart, 1946-

Series:

Cass series--Israeli history, politics, and society ; 53.

Cass series--Israeli history, politics, and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National security--Law and legislation--Israel.

National security.

National security--Law and legislation.

Israel.

Physical Description:

282 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2012.

Summary:

This book traces the sources and consequences of the legal framework for Israel's national security. Amichai Cohen (international law, Ono Academic College) and Stuart Cohen (political science, Bar-Ilan U.) present a historical narrative of that framework's evolution and demonstrate how different actors and circumstances guided it. They take an interdisciplinary approach that does not view the law and legal actors as operating independently of ideology, and draw on the resources of critical legal studies and political studies. In three sections of 2-4 chapters each they present the framework of their analysis and cultural context, the development of Israel's national security legal framework in four stages from 1948-2008, and a two-part diagnosis/prognosis of Israel's hybrid national security legal framework and an agenda for reform. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Frameworks of analysis

Cultural contexts

Centralization, 1948-1963

Diffusion, 1963-1977

Realignment, 1977-1995

Legislation, 1995-2008

Diagnosis : Israel's hybrid national security legal framework

Prognosis : modes of reform.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [252]-274) and index.

ISBN:

9780415549141

0415549140

9780203806142

020380614X

OCLC:

703871444