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 ⓘ