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down the law in the fact that the Knesset had failed to pass it with the absolute majority required, in the process upholding the principle of entrenchment in Israeli constitutional law. While this created only a procedural requirement that the Knesset had to meet to enact the law—namely reaching an absolute majority when passing a law in conflict with it—it also demonstrated the Court’s willingness to determine whether Knesset legislation met the substantive requirements of Basic Laws.
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both laws are weakly entrenched such that while Knesset and Canadian parliament legislation can be struck down by their respective courts for failing to comply with their respective entrenched laws, both parliaments can override this provision by either explicitly stating their intent to do so or amending the conflicting laws themselves, depending on the case. Shortly after the
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searches of one's person or property. Any violation of this right shall be "by a law befitting the values of the State of Israel, enacted for a proper purpose, and to an extent no greater than is required". This law also includes instruction regarding its own permanence and protection from changes by means of emergency regulations.
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of 14 May 1948, a constituent assembly should have prepared a constitution by 1 October 1948. The delay and the eventual decision on 13 June 1950 to legislate a constitution chapter by chapter, resulted primarily from the inability of different groups in Israeli society to agree on the purpose of the
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Establishes that if the Israeli government adopts a decision or signs an agreement stipulating that the laws, jurisdiction, and administrative authority of the State of Israel will no longer apply to a certain geographical area, such agreement or decision must either be adopted via a treaty approved
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The Basic Laws do not cover all constitutional issues, and there is no deadline set for the completion of the process of merging them into one comprehensive constitution. There is no clear rule determining the precedence of Basic Laws over regular legislation, and in many cases, such issues are left
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Declares that basic human rights in Israel are based on the recognition of the value of man, the sanctity of his life, and the fact that he is free. Defines human freedom as right to leave and enter the country, privacy (including speech, writings, and notes), intimacy, and protection from unlawful
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empowered the Knesset which passed the limitations clauses to bind future Knesset sessions to comply with those clauses or have their legislation struck down via judicial review. In this approach to entrenchment, the current Israeli system mirrors the entrenchment of the Canadian Bill of Rights, as
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Guarantees every Israel national or resident's "right to engage in any occupation, profession, or trade". Any violation of this right shall be "by a law befitting the values of the State of Israel, enacted for a proper purpose, and to an extent no greater than is required". This law also includes
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decision, the Knesset declared that it would review proposed laws for compliance with other Basic Laws going forward, and coalition government agreements since this case have included the stipulation that no party would attempt to modify Basic Laws without the agreement of all coalition partners.
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The Court’s main reasoning was that the Knesset holds two distinct roles within the Israeli state depending on the type of legislation it is enacting. In addition to its position as the legislative branch, which it occupies when dealing with ordinary legislation, the Knesset acts as a constituent
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decision, the Supreme Court implicitly assumed the power of substantive judicial review, invalidating a public financing law that denied public funds to political parties not represented in the previous Knesset on the grounds that the law violated section 4. The Court grounded its power to strike
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case, the Court began to indicate a different posture with regard to judicial review of entrenched Basic Laws. At the time, the only provision in the Basic Laws that was entrenched was section 4 of Basic Law: The Knesset, which required “general, national, direct, equal, secret, and proportional
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Defines Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people. The Nation-State Law also asserts that the Jewish people have the unique claim to national self-determination in the State of Israel, defines Hebrew as the official language of the state, and gives Arabic a special status in the state. It
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until the establishment of the elected, regular authorities of the State in accordance with the Constitution which shall be adopted by the Elected Constituent Assembly not later than 1 October 1948, the People's Council shall act as a Provisional Council of State, and its executive organ, the
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decision was that it established judicial review of ordinary Knesset legislation, significantly curbing the Knesset’s parliamentary supremacy, and according to some Israeli constitutional scholars, fully converted the Israeli constitution from an unwritten constitution to a formal, written
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This marked a significant departure from the British system of parliamentary sovereignty that Israel inherited and practiced prior to the Constitutional Revolution, as it permitted a Knesset to bind its successors. Outgoing Supreme Court President Meir Shamgar’s concurring opinion in
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These were passed by votes of 32–21 and 23–0 respectively, and Knesset debates indicate that many MKs were not aware that these laws pertained to the constitutional entrenchment of any rights nor that they affected the status of judicial review in Israel. However, Justice
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is not addressed in Basic Law: The Judiciary, or elsewhere in Israel’s Basic Laws. Prior to 1992, the Supreme Court, sitting as the High Court of Justice, rejected multiple opportunities to claim the power of judicial review. Just after Israel’s founding, in the 1948
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did not recognize the Knesset’s role as a constituent assembly and instead argued that the Knesset had an explicit power of self-limitation even when acting in its legislative capacity, but this interpretive approach has not been cited in subsequent cases.
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The Knesset can pass any law by a simple majority, even one that might arguably conflict with a Basic Laws of Israel, unless the basic law has specific conditions for its modification. Basic laws that include specific conditions include the following:
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The Constituent Assembly convened in February 1949. It held several discussions about the constitution without reaching an agreement. After only four meetings, on 16 February 1949 it adopted the Transition Law, by which means it became the
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The limitations clauses function as both limitations on human rights, but also as an acknowledgement of substantive entrenchment, rather than the purely procedural entrenchment of section 4 of Basic Law: The Knesset recognized in the
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ruled that the Basic Laws should be considered the state's constitution, and that became the common approach throughout his tenure (1995-2006). Opponents of this approach included Barak's colleague, Supreme Court Justice
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was that Knesset legislation that violates the limitations clauses of Basic Law: Freedom of Occupation and Basic Law: Human Dignity and Freedom is void no matter what majority passed the law, rejecting its position in
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declared that due to the limitations clauses included in the 1992 Basic Laws, the Basic Laws now formed a written constitution that the courts had the power to uphold via judicial review. The more specific holding of
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1948-1954 and 1955-1963), who thought that a formal written constitution would allow the Israeli Supreme Court to overrule his socialist policies. Furthermore, Ben Gurion aimed to shift towards a
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as the capital of Israel; secures the integrity and unity of Jerusalem; deals with holy places; secures rights of members of all religions; grants special preference with regards to development.
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Various bodies in Israel have called for the enactment of a formal constitution as a single document, and have submitted ideas and drafts for consideration. These calls increased during the
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stated that a formal constitution would be formulated and adopted no later than 1 October 1948. The deadline set in the declaration of independence proved unrealistic in light of the
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Deals with the powers, tasks, and duties of supervisor of government bodies, ministries, institutions, authorities, agencies, persons, and bodies operating on behalf of the state.
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case the Court ruled against interpreting Israel’s Declaration of Independence as the nation’s constitutional document, and in 1970, the Court reaffirmed this principle in the
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decision, clarifying that the Court lacked the power of judicial review in cases where the standard for potential review was an unentrenched ordinary law or Basic Law.
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decision. Previously, the Knesset could repeal even Basic Laws simply through passing conflicting statutes, by virtue of parliamentary sovereignty. By contrast,
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However, the Court explicitly refused to endorse the principle of judicial review of all Knesset legislation, explicitly stating that it did not intend for the
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enjoys super-legal status, giving the Supreme Court the authority to disqualify any law contradicting it, as well as protection from Emergency Regulations.
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In 1992 the Knesset passed the first two Basic Laws that related to human rights and to the basis of the Supreme Court's recently declared powers of
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consisting of both material constitutional law (based upon cases and precedents), common law, and the provisions of these formal statutes.
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Article 4 of the Basic Law of the Knesset, on the electoral system, can be amended only by a majority of 61 of the 120 Knesset members.
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assembly empowered to write a formal constitution for Israel when passing Basic Laws, deriving this authority from the First Knesset’s
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constitution until their future incorporation into a formal, unitary, written constitution. Israel is one of six countries (along with
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The Basic Laws were intended to be draft chapters of a future Israeli constitution, which has been postponed since 1950; they act as a
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Navot, Suzi. “The Migration of Proportionality: From Human Rights to the Principle of Equality in Elections — The Case of Israel.” In
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Navot, Suzi. “The Migration of Proportionality: From Human Rights to the Principle of Equality in Elections — The Case of Israel.” In
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eventually took place on 25 January 1949 in order to elect a Constituent Assembly which would approve the new state's constitution.
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Deals with authority, institutions, principle of independence, openness, appointment, qualifications, and powers of the judiciary.
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Article 44, which prevents the amendment of the law by an Emergency Regulation, can be amended only by a majority of 80 members.
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Overturns its own 1992 addition, the direct election of the prime minister, and restores the 1968 system with some amendments.
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Deals with status, election, qualifications, powers, and procedures of work of the President of the State.
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A majority of the Knesset members can amend the Basic Laws on the government and on freedom of occupation.
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by 80 MKs, or by an absolute majority vote in a referendum. This means that Israeli sovereign territory (
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People's Administration, shall be the Provisional Government of the Jewish State, to be called "Israel".
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instruction regarding its own permanence and protection from changes by means of emergency regulations.
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Barak’s declaration of a “constitutional revolution” presaged his majority opinion in the landmark 1995
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that only constitutionally entrenched Basic Laws empowered the court to exercise judicial review.
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elections” for the Knesset, and required an absolute majority of 61 MKs to amend. In its 1969
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Between 1958 and 1988 the Knesset passed nine Basic Laws, all of which pertained to the
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additionally defines the national symbols, holidays, and calendar of the state.
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Impacts of the Constitutional Revolution on the structure of the Israeli state
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decision to address that point. It further reinforced this stance in its 1974
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United Mizrachi Bank v. Migdal Cooperative Village, 49(4) PD 221 (CA 1995).
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Regulates payments made by, and to, the state. Authority to mint currency.
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Knesset website, 2014. Project portal for the drafting of a constitution.
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Israel's Higher Law: Religion and Liberal Democracy in the Jewish State
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to pass on the task of writing the constitution to the Second Knesset.
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The "Constitutional Revolution" and the development of judicial review
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Aharon Barak, “A Constitutional Revolution: Israel’s Basic Laws,”
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Upholds constitutional and legal basis for the operation of the
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Rogozinsky v. State of Israel, IsrSC 26(1) 129, 1971 (CA 1971).
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Knesset website, 2007. Explains why there isn't a constitution
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States legislative functions of the parliament of the state.
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Bergman v. Minister of Finance, IsrSC 23(1) 963 (HCJ 1969).
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Dorner, Dalia (1999). "Does Israel Have a Constitution?".
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Cover page for Israeli Constitution draft proposed by the
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Constitutional Revolution (Israel)

Hebrew
romanized
constitutional laws
State of Israel
supermajority
Knesset
individual liberties
Israeli Declaration of Independence
the country's civil rights
common law
Supreme Court of Israel
Basic Law: Human Dignity and Liberty
New Zealand
San Marino
Saudi Arabia
Canada
United Kingdom
uncodified constitution
A document written in Hebrew
Institute for Zionist Strategies
State of Israel
uncodified constitution
written constitution
Harari Decision
Israeli Constituent Assembly
Israeli Supreme Court
Aharon Barak
Mishael Cheshin

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