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The Israeli Supreme Court and the Human Rights Revolution : courts as agenda setters
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ISBN: 1139097784 1107222362 1283342006 9786613342003 1139103636 113910117X 1139101838 1139099159 0511998422 1139099841 9781139101837 9780511998423 9781139101172 6613342009 9781283342001 9781139099844 9781139099844 9781107012622 1107012627 9781139097789 9781107222366 9781139103633 9781139099158 9781107674837 1107674832 Year: 2011 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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This book explains the reciprocal relations between the Supreme Court and the Israeli political system. It is based on a unique approach that contends that the non-governability of the political system and an alternative political culture are two key formal and informal variables affecting the behavior of several political players within the Israeli arena. The analysis illustrates the usefulness of such a model for analyzing long-term socio-political processes and explaining the actions of the players. Until this model changes significantly, the decisions of the High Court of Justice express the values of the state and enable Israel to remain a nation that upholds human rights. The Court's decisions determine the normative educational direction and reflect Israel's democratic character with regard to the values of human rights.


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The anatomy of human rights in Israel : constitutional rhetoric and state practice
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ISBN: 1139699415 1139862472 1139861212 1139871226 1139865498 1139869078 1139863363 1107294355 1107054575 1107695767 9781107054578 9781139865494 9781139871228 9781107294356 9781107695764 Year: 2014 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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Why is there such a large gap between the declarations that countries make about human rights and their imperfect implementation of them? Why do states that have enacted laws and signed treaties about human rights choose to not enforce these laws in daily life? Why have activists failed to achieve the goals of ensuring human rights domestically and internationally? This book examines the issue of human rights in the Israeli domestic arena by analyzing the politics and strategies of defending human rights. To do so, it integrates the tools of social choice theory with a unique institutionalist perspective that looks at both formal and informal, and local and international factors. The book offers an analysis explaining the processes through which Israel is struggling to promote human rights within a specific institutional environment, thus determining the future of Israeli democracy and its attitude toward human rights.

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