A Constitution Without a Constitution: The Israeli Experience and the American Impact

Z Segal - Cap. UL Rev., 1992 - HeinOnline
To an American reader, the phrase" a constitution without a constitution," as seen in the title,
might seem an impossibility. An American reader views the Constitution as a formal written …

From an unwritten to a written constitution: the Israeli challenge in American perspective

D Barak-Erez - Colum. Hum. Rts. L. Rev., 1994 - HeinOnline
Constitutional adjudication raises the most fundamental questions with which a legal system
must grapple—questions about forms of government and ways of life. The basic difficulties …

America's Written Constitution: Remembering the Judicial Duty to Say What the Law Is

JJ Schroeder - Cap. UL Rev., 2015 - HeinOnline
" Those then who controvert the principle that the constitution is to be considered, in court, as
a paramount law, are reduced to the necessity of maintaining that courts must close their …

Inventing Judicial Review: Israel and America

RA Burt - Cardozo L. Rev., 1988 - HeinOnline
In American constitutional law, the existence of a constitutional text appears essential for the
derivation of judicial review. This textual derivation is considered either direct because the …

America's Unwritten Constitution: The Precedents and Principles We Live

DA Strauss - 2012 - HeinOnline
If you want to understand American constitutional law, you have to read the US Constitution.
That seems obvious. But you can't just read the US Constitution, because there is more to …

Fallacies of American constitutionalism

CG Fritz - Rutgers LJ, 2003 - HeinOnline
Constitutionalism-the idea that a written constitution reflects the will of the sovereign people-
both empowers and limits American government. It underlies our boast that unlike other …

Constitutional Adjudication without a Constitution: the case of Israel

JM Albert - Harv. L. Rev., 1968 - HeinOnline
The Supreme Court of Israel has recently indicated willingness to review and alter statutes to
conform to standards not embedded in any written constitution. Professor Albert describes …

American Constitutionalism-Written, Unwritten, and Living

AR Amar - Harv. L. Rev. F., 2012 - HeinOnline
Many people revere the US Constitution. Many Americans consider themselves connected,
in some important way, to the earlier generations who wrote and ratified the Constitution we …

On the Unwritten Constitution

L Diplock - Israel Law Review, 1974 - cambridge.org
The subject matter of our discussion today is entitled “Written or Unwritten Constitutions”—
but the real issue before us is the supremacy of the legislature. A written constitution is …

American Constitution: Basic Charter or First Draft, The

TC Sorensen - Ariz. L. Rev., 1998 - HeinOnline
Several years ago, I was asked by the Prime Minister of one of the newly independent
nations emerging from the former Soviet Union to prepare for consideration by his …