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Analysis and Discussion Concerning the Supreme Court of Israel

by Avinoam Sharon
November 01, 2018

The Israeli Supreme Court Blog

This issue of the Israeli Supreme Court Blog presents summaries of the recent decisions in LAA 7216/18 Lara Alqasem v....

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by Avinoam Sharon
July 25, 2018

The Israeli Supreme Court Blog

 

The Israeli Supreme Court Blog is part of the  Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law’s Israeli Supreme Court Project. It is intended to supplement the...

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by Orly Rachmilovitz
August 24, 2016

One of the unique functions of the Israeli Supreme Court is to conduct a “further hearing” – an additional round of adjudication of a case which is not considered an appeal but is usually held, at the Court’s permission, when all other possible...

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by Doron Dorfman
June 16, 2016

Disability Legal Studies is a relatively new field. It seeks to apply the perspectives of Disability Studies to law and examines the role that legal institutions play in the social construction of disability. Looking at the case of Ora Mor Yosef...

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by Orly Rachmilovitz
June 06, 2016

There are at least three contexts in which the Court has grappled with Palestinians’ property rights and to which it has recently devoted attention: home demolitions, absentee properties, and the legality of settlements. As the Court notes, the...

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by Orly Rachmilovitz
December 16, 2015

A recent decision by the Israeli Supreme Court (CA 7918/15, Jane Doe v. Gal Friedman, November 24, 2015, available in translation...

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by Dr. Reuven (Ruvi) Ziegler
September 04, 2015

On 11 August 2015 the Israeli Supreme Court sitting as High Court of Justice delivered its awaited decision in HCJ 8665/14 Desta v Minister of Interior et al (English summary...

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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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