The Purse and the Sword: The Trials of Israel's Legal Revolution

by Daniel Friedmann, Haim Watzman, Daniel Friedmann

The Purse and the Sword presents a critical analysis of Israel's legal system in the context of its politics, history, and the forces that shape its society. This book examines the extensive powers that Israel's Supreme Court arrogated to itself since the 1980s and traces the history of the transformation of its legal system and the shifts in the balance of power between the branches of government. Centrally, this shift has put unprecedented power...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190278501
• ISBN13: 9780190278502
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 412 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.9" x 9.4"