Perspective
Jan. 10, 2017
A glimpse of the Israeli judicial system
As part of the Beverly Hills Bar Association's recent travel delegation to Israel, we apparently walked into what we in the U.S. might term a constitutional crisis. But it wasn't, because Israel has no constitution. By Eileen C. Moore
4th Appellate District, Division 3
Eileen C. Moore
Associate Justice
California Courts of Appeal
As part of the Beverly Hills Bar Association's recent travel delegation to Israel, I assumed we would be observing a routine day of Israeli legal business when we visited the Supreme Court and the Knesset (Legislature). We apparently walked into what we in the U.S. might term a constitutional crisis. But it wasn't, because Israel has no constitution.
As background, in May 1948, when the Israeli Declaration of Independence ...
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