Israel Law by Mary Eng PSU Nov. 12

7/31/2019 Israel Law by Mary Eng PSU Nov. 12

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Law of Israel

Presentation for Israeli Culture and Society

Portland State University

ForDr. Nina Spiegel

November 2012


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Sources of the Law

British Mandate

Diaspora Jurisdictional Influences

Rabbinical Authorities


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Future of the Law

Civil Liberties

Right of Return

Refugee Policy Secularism v. Religious Influences


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A Constitution

Why has the Constitution been delayed?

Is it really necessary?

Are the Basic Laws of Israel an EquivalentPresentation of Legal Significance?


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Who has the most Rights?

Are Women fully Human in Israel?

Do fathers have rights in Family Law courts?

Are there women judges? Do GLBTQ communities have Equality before

the law in Israel?


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Intelligence Agency and the Law

Which is more important or powerful, Law, or

Intelligence?

Does good intelligence empower good law?

Does good law oversee intelligence

operations?

Extrajudicial measures: assassination: Mossad


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Efraim Halevy

Dignity

Enduring Israel

Dignity to all individuals in the Middle EastPeace Process must accompany Israels

facilitation of negotiation, and permanent

lasting peace

C-Span Wilson Center Efraim Halevy speaks

(must see this: very very fascinating)


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Cyberwarfare

DDOS

Cybersecurity

Broadband permeation and cultural norms Intellectual Property

P2P and Youth culture

Copyleft Stuxnet


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Critical

Women need more involvement in Knesset

Human Rights oversight in prisons

Human Rights oversight in military operations Women need total physical safety from

Gender Based Violence, civilian and non-

civilian

Women need positive Role Models of

Leadership in Israel and the Law


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Law and Media

Lawfare: law is waged by media and PR

Continued media involvement

Freedom of the press Abatement of war

Total OPEN INFORMATION

Digital transparency Law code and theory online


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Interest Groups

Healthy multilateral discussion

International information groups

Continued good work in the fields of GayRights

Environmental Law development


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Environmental Law

Will always value peace

Ecological toll of war

Pollution of war Chemical toxins

Long term diseases and biomedical effects


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Israel Law

Holocaust Reparations

Importance of Empowering Survivors

Importance of Genocide Accountability


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Israel Municipal Code

Parking tickets?

Corruption

Prejudicial outcomes


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Women

Law against Sexual Harassment

Remedies Exist

Still hard to Enforce Law frequently looks better on paper, than in

practice

Solution: change of heart, culture, spirit Field of transformation


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Law

Question, question, question

Lex ferenda---what the law should be

there is always a better law to be made in thefuture by progressive minds with an eye

towards evolution towards greater justice

Bet Tzedek!


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International Responsibility

Israel is often blamed for all the problems of

the world

It is important to remember that no one

nation, or legal system has all the answers, for

total maximum Justice

We must work together, respectfully

We need an international Harmonisation of

Human Rights


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Israel Law High Points

Reparations for Holocaust survivors

Labor law standards

Women gain ground


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International Comparative Legal

Analysis

Criticisms of Israels Constitutional

developments are a false problem

Important to avoid cultural imperialisms in

pushing legal systems

Conditionalities: war, rabbinical conflicts

Anti-zionist religious

Anti-religious zionists

Others


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Extradition Treaties and International

Collaborations

Hostage taking and Trade in Prisoners

Favored international collaborators

Human rights norms on an international level Does Israel recognize the International

Criminal Court?

Prisoners: G4S secure solutions Immigration detention


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Human Rights

Louis Henkin believed new methods would

help advance the cause

In what way can Israel help us understand

future possibilities in human rights?

Right to self determination

Right to Life

Right to Exist

Responsibility to Protect (R2P)


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Presentation

by Mary Eng

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Israel Law by Mary Eng PSU Nov. 12