Viewpoints
Analysis and Discussion Concerning the Supreme Court of Israel

by Avinoam Sharon
February 12, 2024

In view of the importance of the Israeli Supreme Court’s recent decision in HCJ 5658/23 Movement for Quality Government in Israel v. The Knesset (the “reasonableness” decision) and the broad interest in this landmark case, we have decided to...

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by Avinoam Sharon
January 08, 2024

Recent Developments in Israeli Law

Avinoam Sharon

 

In this update we report on the Israeli Supreme Court’s recent decision in HCJ 5658/23...

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by Melanie Goldberg
December 24, 2015

“We consider ourselves a group. We are a collective. We sit together, we adjudicate together. We are a pluralistic institute . . . of equals.”

These are the words of Aharon Barak...

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by Orly Rachmilovitz
August 18, 2015

Remarks at a Conference Marking the Retirement of President Grunis

Deputy President Emeritus Eliezer Rivlin

June 21, 2015

Translated by Orly Rachmilovitz...

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by Orly Rachmilovitz
August 12, 2015

Judicial Oversight of National Security and Intelligence Gathering-- a synopsis of presentations from panel three of the ISCP's inaugural conference, ...

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by Orly Rachmilovitz
July 27, 2015

The Role of the Judiciary in Comparative Perspective: A Synopsis of Presentations from Panel Two of the ISCP's inaugural conference, Constitutional Conflicts...

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by Orly Rachmilovitz
July 19, 2015

The Comparative Project: A Synopsis of Presentations from Panel One of the ISCP's inaugural conference, Constitutional Conflicts and the Judicial Role in...

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April 14, 2015

Swearing-in Ceremony for President of the Supreme Court, Justice Miriam Naor, and Farewell to President of the Supreme Court, President Asher Grunis

The President’s Residence, January 15, 2015

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by Yoav Dotan
March 24, 2015

          The recent retirement of President Asher Grunis would probably not be viewed by the legal community in Israel as the end of an era in the history of the Supreme Court. Justice Grunis has always been considered a sophisticated and...

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by Yoav Dotan
March 16, 2015

     One of the recent squabbles in Israeli politics was triggered by the Prime Minister’s decision to remove two of the judges on the panel that had been appointed to elect the winner of the prestigious Israel Prize for literature. Netanyahu...

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