Israeli law

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Israeli law is the legal system of the State of Israel, combining elements of common law, civil law, Jewish religious law, and Ottoman and British Mandate legislation into a unique modern framework.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Israeli law canonical 8
Israeli constitutional framework 1
Israeli daylight saving time law 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (63)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legal system
allowsJudicialReviewOf Knesset legislation (to some extent)
allowsJudicialReviewOf government decisions
appliesInJurisdiction State of Israel
linked to: Israel
basedOn case law
statutory law
cameIntoForce 1948
codifiesArea company law
criminal law
labor law
land law
torts law
codifiesArea contracts law
continuityFrom Mandatory Palestine legal system
governedByPrinciple judicial review of administrative action
rule of law
hasCivilProcedureBasedOn adversarial system
hasConstitutionalFramework Basic Laws of Israel
hasCourtSystemLevel Supreme Court
district courts
magistrates’ courts
hasCriminalProcedureBasedOn adversarial system
hasHighestCourtOfAppeal Supreme Court of Israel
hasReligiousCourtsFor Christian communities
Druze community
linked to: Druze

Jewish community
Muslim community
hasSecularCourtsJurisdictionOver civil matters
criminal matters
hasSourceOfLaw Basic Laws
Knesset statutes
case law precedents
custom (in limited areas)
regulations
hasSpecializedCourt administrative courts (within general system)
labor courts
military courts
hasSupremeCourt Supreme Court of Israel
headOfJudiciaryAppointedBy Judicial Selection Committee of Israel
incorporatesElementOf British Mandate law
Jewish religious law
Ottoman law
common law
incorporatesElementOf civil law
influencedBy British Mandate ordinances
English common law
German civil law
Jewish Halakha
linked to: Halakha

Ottoman Mejelle
lacksFormalWrittenConstitution true
legalFamily mixed legal system
mainLegislativeBody Knesset
permitsPetitionsTo High Court of Justice (as part of Supreme Court)
recognizesHumanRightsThrough Basic Law: Freedom of Occupation
Basic Law: Human Dignity and Liberty
recognizesLegalPluralism true
regulatesMilitaryAndSecurityBy emergency regulations and security legislation
regulatesPersonalStatusBy religious law for each recognized community
religiousCourtsJurisdictionOver marriage and divorce of respective religious communities
usesLanguage Arabic
English (in some precedents and historical materials)
Hebrew
usesLegalDoctrine stare decisis (binding precedent)

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Israeli civil service regulatedBy Israeli labor law
linked to: Israeli law
Mayor of Jerusalem legalSystem Israeli law
Basic Law: The Army legalSystem Israeli law
Basic Law: Human Dignity and Liberty partOf Israeli constitutional framework
linked to: Israeli law
Basic Law: Referendum legalSystem Israeli law
Asia/Jerusalem legalBasis Israeli daylight saving time law
linked to: Israeli law
Eliezer Rivlin legalSystem Israeli law