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Reversing the “Constitutional Revolution”: The Israeli Government’s Plan to Undermine the Supreme Court’s Judicial Review of Legislation
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The New Israeli Government’s ‘Constitutional Law Reforms’: Why now? What do they mean? And what will happen next?
With the swearing in of Israel’s new government, Israel’s legal system is facing proposals for sweeping reform that would change fundamental aspects of the courts’ ability to check and balance the Knesse...