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
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.
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
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
Legal Guides
- Children's Rights: Israel (Law Library of Congress)
- Global Legal Information Catalog: Israel (Law Library of Congress) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
- Global Legal Monitor: Israel (Law Library of Congress)
- Legal Research Guide: Israel (Law Library of Congress)
- Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
- 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)
- Haim Ravia, Law Offices: Legal Links (Haim Ravia, Law Offices) searchable in Hebrew and English
- IFLA Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters Country Reports
- 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)
- World Legal Information Institute: Israel (WorldLII)
- World Legal Materials from Middle East: Israel (Cornell Legal Information Institute)
General Sources
- Country Study: Israel (Library of Congress) December 1988
- 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 Human Rights Practices: Israel and the Occupied Territories (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Economic Briefing: Israel (The Economist)
- Embassy of Israel, Washington
- Human Rights in Israel and the Occupied Territories (Amnesty International)
- International Religious Freedom Reports: Israel (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Middle East Studies: Israel (Columbia University)
- 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)
- Yahoo: Israel
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Last Updated: 01/29/2012
