Tag Archives: unreasonableness

Reasonableness and unreasonableness: the abuse of Israel’s legal system

Reasonableness and unreasonableness: the abuse of Israel’s legal system

Under a newly adopted law, the “reasonableness doctrine,” created by former Chief Justice Aaron Barak as a means of vastly expanding the power of Israel’s High Court to overrule policy choices made by officials, has been curtailed.  In what may come as a surprise to critics of the move in Israel and abroad, the sky has not fallen, and Israel’s …

Read More »