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Justice Minister Yaakov Neeman (Photo: UK in Israel - CC BY-NC 2.0/flickr)
Mounting criticism of bill to limit Supreme Court powers
Justice Minister Yaakov Neeman’s draft bill for the Basic Law: Legislation has prompted a lively debate for and against, mainly over the clause that would allow the Knesset to revive a law that the Supreme Court has ruled unconstitutional through a 65-member majority. On Tuesday, the new chief justice of the Supreme Court, Asher Grunis,…
By Dahlia Scheindlin April 18, 2012
Retired Israel Justice Edmond Levy's record reveals a state bound by the vision of full civic equality for all (Photo: Eyal Warshavsky)
Edmond Levi: Israel’s one-state justice
Retired Supreme Court Justice Edmond Levi was always considered a ‘conservative’ and ‘rightwing’ judge – but a closer reading of his verdicts reveals the constitutional basis for a ‘one state justice.’ By Itamar Mann Israeli Supreme Court Justice Edmond Levi issued his last opinion in January 2012, before retiring. In an important case, the Court upheld…
By +972 Magazine February 24, 2012
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