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The New Basic Laws on Human Rights: A Mini-Revolution in Israeli Constitutional Law?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 February 2016

David Kretzmer
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Israel Law Review , Volume 26 , Issue 2 , Spring 1992 , pp. 238 - 246
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press and The Faculty of Law, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem 1992

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References

1 See Kol Ha'am v. Minister of Interior (1953) 7 P.D. 871.

2 See Kretzmer, D., “Demonstrations and the Law” (1984) 19 Is.L.R. 47Google Scholar.

3 See, e.g., Rogozinsky v. State of Israel (1972) 26(i) P.D. 129; Tnuat Laor v. Speaker of the Knesset (1990) 44(iii) P.D. 529.

4 See Bejarano v. Minister of Police (1949) 2 P.D. 80, at 82.

5 The decisions are too numerous to mention here. But see, e.g., Kol Ha'am v. Minister of Interior, supra n. 1; Kahane v. Broadcasting Authority (1987) 41(iii) P.D. 255 (freedom of speech); Dahaar v. Minister of Interior (1986) 40(ii) P.D. 701 (right to travel abroad); Poraz v. Mayor of Tel Aviv (1988) 42(ii) P.D. 309 (equality).

6 See Kaniel v. Minister of Justice (1973) 27(i) P.D. 794; Ressler v. Chairman of the Central Elections Committee (1977) 31(ii) P.D. 556. For a full discussion of the status of the basic laws see Kretzmer, D., “Judicial Review of Knesset Decisions” (1988) 8 T. A. U. Studies in Law 95Google Scholar.

7 See Negev v. State of Israel (1974) 28(i) P.D. 640.

8 See Rubinstein, A., The Constitutional Law of the State of Israel (4th ed., 1991) 459–460Google Scholar.

9 12 L.S.I. 85 and (Amendment No. 3) 13 L.S.I. 228.

10 See Bergman v. Minister of Finance (1969) 23(i) P.D. 693; Agudat Derech Eretz v. Broadcasting Authority (1981) 35(iv) P.D. 1; Rubinstein v. Speaker of the Knesset (1983) 37(iii) P.D. 141; Tnuat Laor v. Speaker of the Knesset, supra n. 3.

11 See Kaniel v. Minister of Justice, supra n. 6; Ressler v. Chairman of the Central Elections Committee, supra n. 6.

12 Ibid.

13 See Kol Ha'am v. Minister of Interior, supra n. 1.

14 See the opinion of Justice Agranat in Yardor v. Chairman of Knesset Elections Committee (1965) 19(iii) P.D. 365.

15 The said section also included two further grounds for excluding lists from participation in Knesset elections: that the list negates the democratic nature of the state or that it incites to racism (Amendment No. 9, S.H. 1155, p. 196).

16 I have recently discussed this issue elsewhere. See Kretzmer, D., The Legal Status of the Arabs in Israel (Westview, 1990) chap. 2Google Scholar.

17 (1989) 43(iv) P.D. 221.

18 See Al-Assad v. Minister of Interior (1980) 34(i) P.D. 505, at 513.