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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

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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