Abstract
This chapter examines the judicial activism of the Israeli judiciary, and especially its Supreme Court. Section 2 offers some possible sources for the intense activism of the Israeli judiciary. Section 3 focuses on public law and mainly on the political science definition of judicial activism, while section 4 focuses on private law and the jurisprudential vantage point. Section 5 provides some concluding remarks and future prospects.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Judicial Activism in Common Law Supreme Courts |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780191707551 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780199213290 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Jan 2009 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© The several contributors, 2007. All rights reserved.
Keywords
- Judiciary
- Jurisprudence
- Private law
- Public law
- Supreme court
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Social Sciences