Constitutional Executive Branch Judiciary Legislatures Legal Guides General Sources (includes LC Portals: Israel)

CONSTITUTIONAL RESOURCES

• Basic Laws (Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
• International Constitutional Law: Israel (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht) offers English translation of the basic laws which form the constitutional background; and background notes

EXECUTIVE ARM

• President; Prime Minister
• Government Gate - in Hebrew; also available in English with a Civics and Legislation index
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs - central English-language access point for governmental information about Israel; includes links to other government sites.

COURTS AND JUDICIARY

• COURTS AND JUDICIARY Authority - in Hebrew; also available in English and Arabic; the Supreme Court web site contains judgments section which links to judgments in Hebrew and a few abstracts translations of cases in the news

LEGISLATIVE

• PARLIAMENT: Haknesset [Knesset] in Hebrew; see also English version; includes Proclamation of Independence, the Basic Laws, and Other Documents of Interest
• Laws Governing Encryption (Ministry of Defense) in Hebrew; includes English information
• Laws (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) includes sections on Basic Laws, the Judiciary, Selected Laws and Legal Issues and Rulings.
• NATLEX: Israel (International Labour Organisation) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights
• E-Transaction Law Resources: Israel (Baker & McKenzie)

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LEGAL GUIDES AND MISCELLANEOUS

• GUIDE: Multinational Reference (Law )
• Multinational Collections Database: Israel (Law ) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
• B'Tselem: Israeli Information Center for Human Rights
• ForIntLaw: Israel (Washburn University Law Library)
• Guide to Foreign and International Legal Databases - Israel (New York University Law Library)
• A Guide to the Israeli Legal System (Ruth Levush, via LLRX) December 2003
• Haim Ravia, Law Offices: Legal Links (Haim Ravia, Law Offices) searchable in Hebrew and English
• Israeli Bar Association - includes an English section
• Islamic Family Law: Israel (Emory University Law School)
• Jewish Law (Center for Halacha and American Law of the Aleph Institute)
• COURTS AND JUDICIARY Assistance (U.S. Dept. of State)
• COURTS AND JUDICIARY Assistance: Service of Documents (U.S. Dept. of State)
• JURIST: Israel (University of Pittsburgh School of Law)
• World Law Index: Israel (Australasian Legal Information Institute)
• World Legal Materials from Middle East: Israel (Cornell Legal Information Institute)

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GENERAL SOURCES

• Country Study: Israel () December 1988
• Portals of the World: Israel ()
• Background Notes: Israel (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Israel (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
• Consular Information Sheet: Israel, the West Bank and Gaza (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Country Information: Israel (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Country Reports on Economic Policy and Trade Practices, 1993-2001 (U.S. Dept. of State) see reports listed under Near East / North Africa
• Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Israel (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Economic Briefing: Israel (The Economist)
• Embassy of Israel, Washington
• Governments on the WWW: Israel (Gunnar Anzinger)
• Human Rights in Israel and the Occupied Territories (Amnesty International)
• International Religious Freedom Annual Reports: Israel (U.S. Dept. of State)
• NATIONAL LIBRARY: Jewish National and University Library
• NEWS: BBC World Middle East
• U.S. Embassy, Tel Aviv (U.S. Dept. of State)
• World Factbook: Israel (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
• WWW DIRECTORIES / PORTALS: Israel (Google); Israel (University of Michigan); Israel (Yahoo); Middle East Studies: Israel (Columbia University); WWW-VL Middle East Studies: Israel (University of Texas, Austin)