Levin, who spoke at an induction ceremony for newly appointed magistrate court judges and registrars, led the government's controversial judicial reforms in 2023.
The judges' trip included an exploration of International Humanitarian Law and the laws of war from the Israeli perspective.
Public defense generally acts as legal representation for people facing charges who cannot afford lawyers as every person on trial has the right to legal representation.
The Justice Ministry is examining legislation which would authorize a special court to try the Hamas terrorists.
With no expectation for when the Judicial Selection Committee will be reformed, the longer Levin waits to convene it, the more Israel faces a shortage in judges.
Other courts do not strike down the decisions of duly elected and appointed executive officers on the grounds of unreasonableness, even extreme unreasonableness.
This excerpted essay by Jewish People Policy Institute president Yedidia Stern appears in A Jewish State – 75 Perspectives (Academic Studies Press), to be released October 3.
The reasonableness standard law is the first and so far only judicial reform legislation to pass muster in the Knesset.
In light of the fact that the judicial system is all anybody here can talk about these days, let’s take a look at some legal terminology and see what the words actually mean where they’re from.
The prime minister appeared to drop regulating legal advisers and restricting judicial review from the agenda.