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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      24 October 2019
      14 November 2019
      ISBN:
      9781108670227
      9781108484350
      9781108735780
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108670227
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.45kg, 236 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.37kg, 240 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Judaism, Socio-Legal Studies, Law, Religion, Jurisprudence
      Series:
      Cambridge Studies in Law and Judaism
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    Subjects:
    Judaism, Socio-Legal Studies, Law, Religion, Jurisprudence
    Series:
    Cambridge Studies in Law and Judaism
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    What makes Israeli law Israeli? Why is the word 'Jewish' almost entirely absent from Israeli legislation? How did Israel succeed in eluding a futile and dangerous debate over identity, and construct a progressive, independent, original and sophisticated legal system? Law and Identity in Israel attempts to answer these questions by looking at the complex bond between Zionism and the Jewish culture. Forging an original and 'authentic' Israeli law that would be an expression and encapsulation of Israeli-Jewish identity has been the goal of many Jewish and Zionist jurists as well as public leaders for the past century. This book chronicles and analyzes these efforts, and in the process tackles the complex meaning of Judaism in modern times as a religion, a culture, and a nationality. Nir Kedar examines the challenges and difficulties of expressing Judaism, or transplanting it into, the laws of the state of Israel.

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    ‘Kedar’s book stands as an important chapter in the study of the history of Israeli law. It provides a valuable overview both for readers who are familiar with this history and also those who are not.’

    Inbal Blau and Omer Aloni Source: Comparative Legal History

    ‘Kedar’s wide-ranging and deeply thought-out book makes an important contribution to the understanding of the discourse concerning questions of national culture and identity within the legal sphere, in general, and the place of Jewish nationalism, Jewish law, and Jewish-Israeli culture in the development of Israeli law, in particular. … Kedar’s coherent, clear, and thought-provoking analysis makes this book a significant milestone in the historical and legal research of the issues discussed.’

    Yehudit Dori Deston Source: Studies in Contemporary Jewry

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