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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Israeli Constitutional Law in the Making by Edited by Gideon Sapir Edited by Daphne Barak-Erez Edited by Aharon Barak
In the domain of comparative constitutionalism Israeli constitutional law is a fascinating case-study constituted by many dilemmas. It is moving from the old British tradition of an unwritten constitution and no judicial review of legislation to fully-fledged constitutionalism endorsing judicial review and based on the text of a series of basic laws. At the same time it is struggling with major questions of identity in the context of Israels constitutional vision of a Jewish and Democratic state. Israeli Constitutional Law in the Making offers a comprehensive study of Israeli constitutional law in a systematic manner that moves from constitution-making to specific areas of contestation including state/religion relations national security social rights as well as structural questions of judicial review. It features contributions by leading scholars of Israeli constitutional law with comparative comments by leading scholars of constitutional law from Europe and the United States.