The Ideational Foundations of Israel’s “Constitutional Revolution
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6338679 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Patricia J Woods (University of Florida, Gainesville, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 62 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 811-824 |
| Publication date | 2009-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Research Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1065-9129 • E-ISSN: 1938-274X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1065912909352178 |
| OpenAlex | W2027475937 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 31 |
In the Israeli case, judicial empowerment has come primarily through judicial initiative rather than emerging from majoritarian institutions or strategic considerations relating to electoral politics. Justices with deep commitments to political-liberal rights engaged in a decades-long process of entrenching a political-liberal rights regime through jurisprudence. At the heart of this sea change in Israeli politics was a shift in ideas
Constitutionalism · Democracy · Empowerment · Judicial activism · Jurisprudence · Law and economics · Liberal democracy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · International Law and Human Rights · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law
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Israeli Attitudes on Synagogue and State
Tell Me Who Your Enemies Are
Judicial Review in New Democracies
Courts
Courts under Constraints
On Law, Politics, and Judicialization
Attorneys for the People, Attorneys for the Land
Destruction of Houses and Construction of a Cause
Occupation of Justice, The
Living without a Constitution
Judicial Power and National Politics
Israeli constitutional politics
The Secret German Sources of the Israeli Supreme Court
The Occupation of Justice
Trying to Make Law Matter
Towards Juristocracy
The Judicialization of Politics in Israel
The Political Origins of Judicial Empowerment through Constitutionalization
Israel's 'Constitutional Revolution
The Unintended Consequences of Unplanned Constitutional Reform
"Landmark Cases" and the Reproduction of Legitimacy
Judicial Rhetoric, Government Lawyers, and Human Rights
Seeing Like a State
| Citations per year | 0.57 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2012 - 2025 (14) |
| Highly cited | No |