Jewish and Israeli Law - An Introduction

Shimon Shetreet; Walter Homolka

Shimon Shetreet and Walter Homolka

Jewish and Israeli Law - An Introduction

De Gruyter | 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783899497946

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This book provides a concise introduction to the basics of Jewish law. It gives a detailed analysis of contemporary public and private law in the State of Israel, as well as Israel’s legal culture, its system of government, and the roles of its democratic institutions: the executive, parliament, and judiciary. The book examines issues of Holocaust, law and religion, constitutionalization, and equality. It is the ultimate book for anyone interested in Israeli Law and its politics.

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Shimon Shetreet is the Greenblatt Professor of Public and International Law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. He is the President of the International Association of Judicial Independence and World Peace and heads the International Project of Judicial Independence. In 2008, the Mt. Scopus Standards of Judicial Independence were issued under his leadership. Between 1988 and 1996, Professor Shetreet served as a member of the Israeli Parliament, and was a cabinet minister under Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres. He was senior deputy mayor of Jerusalem between 1999 and 2003. He was a Judge of the Standard Contract Court and served as a member of the Chief Justice Landau Commission on the Israeli Court System. The author and editor of many books on the judiciary, Professor Shetreet is a member of the Royal Academy of Science and Arts of Belgium.

Rabbi Walter Homolka PhD (King’s College London, 1992), PhD (University of Wales Trinity St. David, 2015), DHL (Hebrew Union College, New York, 2009), is a full professor of Modern Jewish Thought and the executive director of the School of Jewish Theology at the University of Potsdam (Germany). The rector of the Abraham Geiger College (since 2003) is Chairman of the Leo Baeck Foundation and of the Ernst Ludwig Ehrlich Scholarship Foundation in Potsdam. In addition, he has served as the executive director of the Masorti Zacharias Frankel College since 2013.The author of "Jüdisches Eherecht" and other publications on Jewish Law holds several distinctions: among them the Knight Commander’s Cross of the Austrian Merit Order and the 1st Class Federal Merit Order of Germany. In 2004, President Jacques Chirac admitted Rabbi Homolka to the French Legion of Honor.

the ultimate book for anyone interested in Israeli Law and its politics

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Shimon Shetreet, University of Jerusalem, Israel; Walter Homolka, Abraham-Geiger-Kolleg, Potsdam.

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"[...] sehr bemerkenswertes Buch [...] "
Michael Fuchs in: JZ 12 (2018), 621-622

Frontmatter Free access PDF PDF	I
Abridged contents Free access PDF PDF	V
Detailed Contents Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	XI
Preface Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	XXIII
Table of Cases Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	XXV
Table of Legislation Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	XXXV
Glossary Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	XLIII
About the Authors Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	XLV
Part I: Jewish Law
Chapter 1: The Emergence and Development of Jewish Law Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	3
Chapter 2: Jewish Law as a Pluralist Phenomenon Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	16
Part II: Legal Culture and System of Government in the State of Israel
Chapter 3: General Introduction Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	37
Chapter 4: System of Government Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	68
Part III: Fundamental Legal Doctrines of Israeli Law
Chapter 5: Basic Principles of the Israeli Legal System Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	129
Chapter 6: Judicial Role in Society Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	187
Chapter 7: Culture of Judicial Independence Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	226
Part IV: Executive Powers and National Security Powers
Chapter 8: The Executive and Legislative Power Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	267
Chapter 9: War Powers—Relations between Civil Authorities and the Military Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	276
Part V: Israel as a Jewish and Democratic State
Chapter 10: Law and Religion in Israel Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	297
Chapter 11: The Historical Roots of Israel as a Jewish and Democratic State: The Founding Fathers Agreement of 1947 Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	324
Chapter 12: The Jurisprudence of the Supreme Court on Non-Orthodox Communities Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	346
Part VI: Law and Religion: International Perspectives
Chapter 13: Selected Jewish and Other Religious Issues in International Jurisprudence Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	361
Part VII: Equality in Israeli Law
Chapter 14: Promoting Equality for Women, Minorities, and Jews from Different Countries Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	383
Part VIII: Israel Meets the Challenges of Holocaust Dilemmas
Chapter 15: Holocaust Dilemmas in Israel Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	417
Part IX: Israeli Private and Commercial Law
Chapter 16: Commercial and Business Law Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	499
Chapter 17: Private Law Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	530
Chapter 18: Environmental Law Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	543
Chapter 19: Dispute Resolution Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	549
Index Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	559

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