TY  - BOOK
AU  - Friedmann,Daniel
AU  - Watzman,Haim
TI  - Purse and the sword : the trials of Israel's legal revolution 
SN  - 9780190278533
AV  - KMK2244 .F7513 2016
U1  - 349.5694 23
PY  - 2016///
CY  - London
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Political questions and judicial power
KW  - Israel
KW  - Judicial independence
KW  - Courts of last resort
KW  - Law
KW  - History
N1  - Translated from the Hebrew; Previously issued in print: 2016; Includes bibliographical references and index; Specialized
N2  - '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 work 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
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190278502.001.0001
ER  -