Cardozo Law Review
Abstract
Israel is a parliamentary democracy in which the government is responsible to the Knesset, a house of representatives made up of 120 members who are elected every four years under a system of proportional representation. The country's Declaration of Independence of May 14, 1948, stated that the new state would have a formal constitution, to be drawn up by an elected constituent assembly. That assembly was duly elected but transformed itself into the Knesset, Israel's parliament. The Knesset subsequently decided that the Constitution should not be drawn up immediately, but should evolve out of a series of Basic Laws, each of which would eventually become a chapter in the Constitution.
Disciplines
Law
Recommended Citation
Shlomo Avineri,
Brief on Behalf of Appellants - Israel,
18
Cardozo L. Rev.
1803
(1997).
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https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/clr/vol18/iss5/12