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 sraeli-judicial-reform/
SUMMARY:The Current Controversy Surrounding Israeli Judicial Reform
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 .\n\nIsrael’s new government has declared its intention to reform the ju
 diciary. The plan is to limit the scope of judicial review of governmental
  actions and legislation by the Supreme Court\, change the system for the 
 appointment of judges\, and redefine the role of the Attorney General and 
 government legal advisors. The declared aim of the proposed reforms is res
 tore a proper balance among the branches of government\, reinforce parliam
 entary sovereignty and majority rule\, and limit the power of unelected ju
 dges and government legal advisors to interfere in the legislative functio
 ns of the public’s democratically elected representatives in the absence
  of a written constitution granting or governing such powers. Opponents of
  the reforms argue that the proposals will undermine the checks and balanc
 es among the branches of government\, grant overwhelming\, unchecked power
  to the government\, and threaten civil and minority rights.\nIn this lect
 ure\, we will examine the structure of Israeli parliamentary democracy\, t
 he role of the Attorney General and government legal advisors\, the histor
 y of the development of Israel’s constitutional regime and of judicial r
 eview\, and the system of checks and balances among the executive\, legisl
 ative and judicial branches of government. On the basis of that examinatio
 n\, we will address the strengths and weaknesses of the government’s pro
 posals for reform.\n\nAvinoam Sharon is an editor and translator at the Is
 raeli Supreme Court Project of the Cardozo School of Law and is Editor-in-
 Chief of the Israeli Supreme Court Blog. He is a graduate of Columbia Univ
 ersity\, studied law at the Hebrew University\, clerked for the President 
 of Israel’s National Labor Court\, was a graduate fellow of the Consorti
 um in Jewish Studies and Legal Theory\, and served as a senior military at
 torney in the IDF. He also holds an M.A. in Talmud from JTS\, and was orda
 ined by the Schechter Rabbinical Seminary.
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