Constitutionalism The Israeli and American Experiences

In Israel today there is increasingly vigorous support for the framing of a constitution. At the same time there is almost no recognition that in forty years Israel has acquired an almost complete set of basic laws that form a constitution. The aims of this volume are threefold: to inform the Israeli public and the world as to what exists and consider what still is needed in the way of a constitution; to enter constitutionalism firmly on the Israeli public agenda; and to learn from the American experience. The author shows that Israel's constitution is more than anything else a modern adaptation of an ancient constitution.Elazar, Daniel J. is the author of 'Constitutionalism The Israeli and American Experiences' with ISBN 9780819177988 and ISBN 0819177989.