Judicial reform
Who Supersedes Whom– The Court or the Basic Laws?
On the backdrop of the HCJ hearing on the amendment regarding incapacitation to Basic Law: The Government (HCJ 2412/23) and the amendment regarding reasonableness to Basic Law: The Judiciary...
Is there a binding constitutional custom in Israel to appoint a representative from the opposition parties to the Judicial Selection Committee?
The proposed bill for changing the composition of the Judicial Selection Committee has prompted wide public and professional debate. As of now, the Knesset has chosen its two representatives...
Will the Court Place itself above the Constitution?
If the court will rule that its authority is above basic laws, Israel will be the only county in the world where a constitutional system is led by a...
May a workers’ union strike as part of a political demonstration?
Following the court decision that canceled the Israel Medical Association (IMA)’s strike against the judicial reform (SK 57697-07-23). One line answer: The Labor Court determined that the IMA’s strike...
Incapacitation of a Prime Minister- What is in the Amendment to the Law and will the High Court (“Bagatz”) Repeal it?
HCJ (2412/23) recently heard petitions against the amendment to Basic Law: The Government pertaining to incapacitation of a Prime Minister. What is going on? One line answer: The amendment...
The Fallacy and Danger of the ICC argument
Why the Threat of International Prosecution is both False and Harmful In two recent articles in Maariv and Israel Hayom, Adv. Avraham Shalev and Prof. Eugene Kontorovich reiterate the...
Judicial reform is essential to return democratic power To Israel’s citizens
The overhaul is necessary to return power from Israel's judges to its citizens
Judicial Reforms and the Threat of International Criminal Court Prosecution
The threat of International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecution has, in recent years, been repeatedly invoked by Israeli and foreign critics of various legislative proposals, including those with no connection to the...
Netanyahu’s announcement on judicial reform pause is anything but triumph of democracy
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu announced Monday night he was temporarily pausing his government’s judicial-reform efforts in the face of strikes by key industries, insubordination in some parts...