Constitutionalism, Law and Religion in Israel a State’s Multiple Identities

New Governance , Law and Constitutionalism

Progressive Constitutionalism and Alternative Movements in Law

On Law, Politics and Contemporary Constitutionalism

Is the political process, with all its difficulties, merely reflective of contemporary constitutionalism? Are the problems an aspect of ongoing inter-communal dialogue? To what extent are existing difficulties exacerbated by a general failure to grasp the difference between the logic of law and political theory and practice? These questions are addressed here in three basic stages: first, the r...

State and Religion in Israel Possible Scenarios

The increasing role of religion in the Middle East has by no means spared Israel, and in the course of 2014 the religious aspect became even more prominent in the multi-layered Palestinian-Israeli conflict, as well as in Israeli domestic politics. Thus, whoever wishes to forecast what Israel will be like for its 75th anniversary must also seriously examine – in addition to its geopolitical posi...

Common Law Constitutionalism and Its Counterpart in Japan

* Associate Professor of Law, Sojo University; LL.M., University of California, Los Angeles; J.D., University of Tokyo; B.A., Waseda University. This paper is based on my LL.M. thesis, and I thank Clyde S. Spillenger for his supervision and advice. Without him, this Article would not exist. I also would like to thank Daniel Rosen and Lieba Faier for their thoughtful comments, and I thank Kazuno...