Liberalizing the Law in the Land of the Lord: Limits to the Americanization of Israeli Religious Jurisprudence (original) (raw)

Israeli constitutional jurisprudence concerning matters of religion. Recently, there has been a shift in Israel's High Court of Justice toward implementing values of individual rights and religious pluralism. Some have analogized this shift in focus to the role played by the U.S. Supreme Court. However, fundamental differences remain between the American and Israeli approaches, stemming from divergent conceptions of national identity encapsulated in the states' respective foundational legal documents.