Title Law and the culture of Israel / Menachem Mautner.

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Oxford ; New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, 2011.

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Description	1 online resource (x, 267 pages)
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-259) and index.
Contents	Introduction -- Zionism and the evolving new culture -- The cultural struggles over the shaping of the law -- From judicial restraint to judicial activism -- The decline of formalism and the rise of values -- From hegemony to war of cultures -- The Supreme Court and the future of liberalism -- Israel as a multicultural state -- Law and culture in the coming decades -- Conclusion.
Summary	For half a century a fierce struggle to shape Israeli culture has been waged in its legal system. Should Israel be a secular, liberal state, or governed by traditional Jewish law and culture? Here, Menachem Mautner tells the story of the political struggles to control Israeli law, and through it the culture of Israel itself.
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Subject	Israel. Bet ha-mishpaṭ ha-ʻelyon.
	Israel. Bet ha-mishpaṭ ha-ʻelyon.
	Law -- Israel.
	Law.
	Israel.
	Culture and law.
	Culture and law.
	Religion and law -- Israel.
	Religion and law.
	Law -- Political aspects -- Israel.
	Law -- Political aspects.
	Law -- Social aspects -- Israel.
	Law -- Social aspects.
	Israel -- Civilization.
	Civilization.
	Israel -- Religion.
	Religion.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Subject	Law.
Spine Title	Law & the culture of Israel
Other Form:	Print version: Mautner, Menachem. Law and the culture of Israel. Oxford ; New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, 2011 9780199600564 (DLC) 2011288493 (OCoLC)656778783
ISBN	0191729183 (electronic book)
	9780191729188 (electronic book)
	9780191029622 (electronic book)
	0191029629 (electronic book)
	9780199600564 (hardback)
	0199600562 (hardback)

Title Law and the culture of Israel / Menachem Mautner.

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