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Israel
State of Israel / Medinat Israel

Constitution | Executive | Judicial | Legislative | Legal Guides | General Sources

Constitution

  • Basic Laws (Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
  • International Constitutional Law: Israel (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht) offers English translation of the basic laws which form the constitutional background; and Background Note

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Executive

  • President; Prime Minister
  • Government Gate - in Hebrew; in English
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs - central English-language access point for governmental information about Israel; includes links to other government sites.

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Judicial

  • Judicial Authority - in Hebrew; also available in English and Arabic; the Supreme Court web site contains judgments section which links to judgments in Hebrew and a few abstracts translations of cases in the news

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Legislative

  • PARLIAMENT: Haknesset [Knesset] in Hebrew; see also English version; includes Proclamation of Independence, the Basic Laws, and Other Documents of Interest
  • Laws Governing Encryption (Ministry of Defense) in Hebrew; includes English information
  • Laws (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) includes sections on Basic Laws, the Judiciary, Selected Laws and Legal Issues and Rulings.
  • NATLEX: Israel (International Labour Organization) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights

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Legal Guides

  • Children's Rights: Israel (Law Library of Congress)
  • GUIDE: Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
  • Legal Research Guide: Israel (Law Library of Congress)
  • Multinational Collections Database: Israel (Law Library of Congress) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
  • B'Tselem: Israeli Information Center for Human Rights
  • ForIntLaw: Israel (Washburn University Law Library)
  • Guide to Foreign and International Legal Databases - Israel (New York University Law Library)
  • A Guide to Legal Research in Israel (Michal Tamir) August 2006
  • Haim Ravia, Law Offices: Legal Links (Haim Ravia, Law Offices) searchable in Hebrew and English
  • Israeli Bar Association - includes an English section
  • Israeli Law Guide (Ruth Levush via LLRX)
  • Islamic Family Law: Israel (Emory University Law School)
  • Jewish Law (Center for Halacha and American Law of the Aleph Institute)
  • Judicial Assistance: Israel (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • JURIST: Israel (University of Pittsburgh School of Law)
  • World Legal Information Institute: Israel (WorldLII)
  • World Legal Materials from Middle East: Israel (Cornell Legal Information Institute)

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General Sources

  • Country Study: Israel (Library of Congress) December 1988
  • Portals to the World: Israel (Library of Congress)
  • Background Note: Israel (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Israel (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
  • Consular Information Sheet: Israel, the West Bank and Gaza (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • Country Information: Israel (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • Country Reports on Economic Policy and Trade Practices, 1993-2001 (U.S. Dept. of State) see reports listed under Near East / North Africa
  • Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Israel and the Occupied Territories (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • Economic Briefing: Israel (The Economist)
  • Embassy of Israel, Washington
  • Governments on the WWW: Israel (Gunnar Anzinger)
  • Human Rights in Israel and the Occupied Territories (Amnesty International)
  • International Religious Freedom Annual Reports: Israel (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • NATIONAL LIBRARY: Jewish National and University Library
  • NEWS: BBC World Middle East
  • U.S. Embassy, Tel Aviv (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • World Factbook: Israel (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
  • WWW DIRECTORIES / PORTALS: Israel (Google); Israel (University of Michigan); Israel (Yahoo); Middle East Studies: Israel (Columbia University); WWW-VL Middle East Studies: Israel (University of Texas, Austin)

For more information on Israel see:

  • Legal Research Guide: Israel
  • Children’s Rights: Israel

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