Beit HaMishpat HaElyon

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Beit HaMishpat HaElyon is Israel’s highest judicial authority, serving as the supreme appellate court and a central institution in the country’s legal and constitutional system.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf court of last resort
judicial body
supreme court
appliesLaw Israeli case law precedent
Israeli statutory law
Israel’s Basic Laws
branchOfGovernment judicial branch of Israel
buildingLocation Givat Ram, Jerusalem
linked to: Givat Ram
country Israel
countryCapital Jerusalem
describedAs Israel’s highest court
Israel’s supreme appellate court
central institution in Israel’s legal system
establishedInPeriod State of Israel era
governingBody State of Israel
linked to: Israel
hasAuthority invalidate government actions that violate law
set binding legal precedents for lower courts
hasFunction exercises judicial review over acts of state authorities
hears appeals from district courts
sits as a High Court of Justice in certain cases
hasJurisdictionOver administrative law cases in Israel
civil cases in Israel
constitutional questions in Israel
criminal cases in Israel
hearsAppealsFrom district courts of Israel
interprets Israeli legislation
Israel’s Basic Laws as constitutional norms
jurisdiction State of Israel
linked to: Israel
languageOfWork Hebrew
legalSystem Israeli legal system
locatedIn Jerusalem
nativeLabel בית המשפט העליון
linked to: Supreme Court
officialName Beit HaMishpat HaElyon
Supreme Court of Israel
oversees district courts of Israel
magistrate courts of Israel
partOf Israeli government
Israeli judiciary
linked to: Judiciary of Israel
role central institution in Israel’s constitutional system
final interpreter of Israeli law
final interpreter of Israel’s Basic Laws
guardian of the rule of law in Israel
head of the Israeli court system
highest judicial authority in Israel
supreme appellate court of Israel
seat Jerusalem
typeOfCourt appellate court
constitutional court (functional)

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Supreme Court of Israel alsoKnownAs Beit HaMishpat HaElyon
Beit HaMishpat HaElyon officialName Beit HaMishpat HaElyon
Bagatz (High Court of Justice) alsoKnownAs Beit HaMishpat HaElyon BeYeshivato K’Beit Mishpat Gavoha LeTzedek
linked to: Beit HaMishpat HaElyon