Apple of gold : constitutionalism in Israel and the United States / Gary Jeffrey Jacobson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jacobsohn, Gary J., 1946- author.

Series:

Princeton legacy library.

Princeton Legacy Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constitutional law--Israel.

Constitutional law.

Constitutional law--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (293 pages).

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2017.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

By comparing the constitutional systems of Israel and the United States, Gary Jacobsohn provides a new view of the essentials of constitutionalism itself--a balanced picture that would have been impossible to achieve by focusing on any one polity. Abraham Lincoln, in likening the Declaration of Independence to the Biblical "apple of gold," and the Constitution to its "picture of silver," illuminated the connections in the United States between political ideas and constitutional government. Jacobsohn applies Lincoln's insight to the Israeli experience to develop a deeper understanding of the relationship between political culture and constitutionalism, and the limits and possibilities for constitutional transplantation.Originally published in 1993.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Chapter One. Introduction

Chapter Two. Alternative Pluralisms

Chapter Three. The Who and the What of Civic Identity

Chapter Four. Constituting the Polity

Chapter Five. Jurisprudence, Education, and the Constitution

Chapter Six. Doctrinal Diversions: Speech, Democracy, and the American Way

Chapter Seven. Conclusion

Afterword

Appendix: The Proclamation of the State of Israel

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780691654010

0691654018

9780691606248

0691606242

OCLC:

1016781782