LAW - 811 U.S.-Israeli Law

(2-3 hrs.)

The Israeli legal system was initially based on the Common Law tradition, except in the area of personal law, where it derived from the Ottoman tradition. By the end of the twentieth century, the legal system in Israel developed into a Common Law system unique to the Israeli society, with some influences of the European civil tradition. The course compares and contrasts the American and Israeli systems. It focuses on the Israeli system, dealing with such issues as the presence of the constitution and the jury system in the U.S. and the absence of these characteristics from the Israeli system; the declaration of independence; the specialized court systems, such as the religious court system that is unique to Israel; the place of the judiciary in both systems; and other important differences. Summer