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The Judiciary Basic Law Amendments
The principle of constitutionality is a meta-principle of administrative law, according to which a public department is authorized to act only within the confines of jurisdiction given to it by law. However, the jurisdiction of the Attorney General in the advisory and representational fields have never been enshrined in law in a comprehensive manner.
Despite this, the AG’s position, based upon obiter dicta in the case law, is that their interpretation of the law is binding upon the government, and that they are authorized to prevent the government from receiving separate representation when they refuse to represent its position.
Translated by Avraham (Russell) Shalev.
