Israel: proposed judicial reforms / Law Library, Library of Congress.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Levush, Ruth, author.

Contributor:

Law Library of Congress (U.S.). Global Legal Research Directorate, issuing body.

Series:

LLMC-digital (Series)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Justice, Administration of--Israel.

Justice, Administration of.

Law reform--Israel.

Law reform.

Courts--Israel.

Courts.

Judicial review--Israel.

Judicial review.

Political questions and judicial power--Israel.

Political questions and judicial power.

Constitutional law--Israel.

Constitutional law.

Israel.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (14 pages)

Other Title:

Proposed judicial reforms

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : The Law Library of Congress, Global Legal Reseach Directorate, 2023.

Contents:

I. Background

II. Constitutional structure

III. Checks and balances

IV. Elements of the proposed reforms : A. An override Clause ; B. Changes to the judicial selection committee ; C. Cancellation of the "Standard of extreme unreasonableness" ; D. The transformation of ministerial legal advisors into political appointees

V. Initiative of President Herzog

VI. Possible implications of the reforms : A. Shielding legislation on West Bank settlements and on fitness for office from judicial review ; B. Enabling overriding high court decisions on civil rights

VII. Status of the legislation.

Notes:

"April 2023."

"LL file no. 2023-022183."

"LRA-D-PUB-002601."

"Ruth Levush, Senior Law Specialist"--Page 1.

In scope of the U.S. Government Publishing Office Cataloging and Indexing Program (C&I) and Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP).

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource, PDF version; title from cover (LOC, viewed Apr. 12, 2023).

OCLC:

1390180629