(Download) "Land Expropriation in Israel: Law, Culture, And Society (Book Review)" by Stanford Journal of International Law # Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
eBook details
- Title: Land Expropriation in Israel: Law, Culture, And Society (Book Review)
- Author : Stanford Journal of International Law
- Release Date : January 22, 2009
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 242 KB
Description
Land Expropriation in Israel: Law, Culture, and Society. By Yifat Holzman-Gazit, Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing Company, 2007, Pp. 204, $99.95 (hardcover). In her book, Land Expropriation in Israel, Yifat Holzman-Gazit undertakes a historical analysis of the Israeli Supreme Court's deferential attitude towards governmental expropriation of private property. While Israel has no written constitution, its Supreme Court has proactively developed a "judicial bill of rights" (p. 33), judicially ensuring the protection of basic civil liberties such as free speech, movement, and religion. Yet the Court has failed to develop similar limitations on the government's