Judicial Review

Judicial Review and Election’s Dirty Tricks in an Age of Hyper-Activism

     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 openly conceded on his Facebook page that the reason for his decision was political, i.e., that the politics of those two judges (both distinguished professors of literature at top universities) were too leftist and therefore not sufficiently “Zionist” for his taste. Not surprisingly, the decision stirred public outcry.

The Court's decision on reasonableness

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 publish a translation of President (emer.) Esther Hayut’s majority opinion at this time, rather than wait until the completion of the translation of the full 738-page judgment.

Remarks by Deputy President Emeritus Eliezer Rivlin at a Conference Marking the Retirement of President Asher Grunis

Remarks at a Conference Marking the Retirement of President Grunis

Deputy President Emeritus Eliezer Rivlin

June 21, 2015

Translated by Orly Rachmilovitz

 

In an event held in a Supreme Court courtroom upon the retirement of President Dorit Beinisch and the beginning of the Justice Asher Grunis’ term as President, I congratulated them both and expressed my confidence that President Grunis would safely sail the Court through troubled waters to a safe haven.

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

Judicial Oversight of National Security and Intelligence Gathering-- a synopsis of presentations from panel three of the ISCP's inaugural conference, Constitutional Conflicts and the Judicial Role in Comparative Perspective 

*Prepared by Orly Rachmilovitz

Oren Gross (The University of Minnesota Law School):

"The Role of the Judiciary in Comparative Perspective"-- a synopsis of presentations from panel two of the ISCP's inaugural conference

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

*Prepared by Orly Rachmilovitz

"The Comparative Project"-- a synopsis of presentations from panel one of the ISCP's inaugural conference

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

*Prepared by Orly Rachmilovitz

William Ewald (University of Pennsylvania School of Law)

Remarks by Asher Grunis, President of the Supreme Court, at the Swearing-in Ceremony for President Miriam Naor

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

Remarks by

Asher Grunis, President of the Supreme Court

Translated by Orly Rachmilovitz

Judicial Conservatism and Intellectual Courage: A Homage to President (ret.) Asher Grunis

          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 cautious jurist who specialized in private law. It is also a well-known fact that during his short three-year tenure as President he focused primarily on procedural reforms in order to deal with the heavy caseload pressures on the judicial system.

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