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.

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Israeli labor law 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legal system
allowsJudicialReviewOf Knesset legislation (to some extent)
allowsJudicialReviewOf government decisions
appliesInJurisdiction State of Israel NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
hasCourtSystemLevel Supreme Court NERFINISHED
district courts NERFINISHED
magistrates’ courts
hasCriminalProcedureBasedOn adversarial system
hasHighestCourtOfAppeal Supreme Court of Israel NERFINISHED
hasReligiousCourtsFor Christian communities
Druze community NERFINISHED
Jewish community
Muslim community
hasSecularCourtsJurisdictionOver civil matters
criminal matters
hasSourceOfLaw Basic Laws NERFINISHED
Knesset statutes NERFINISHED
case law precedents
custom (in limited areas)
regulations
hasSpecializedCourt administrative courts (within general system)
labor courts
military courts
hasSupremeCourt Supreme Court of Israel NERFINISHED
headOfJudiciaryAppointedBy Judicial Selection Committee of Israel NERFINISHED
incorporatesElementOf British Mandate law NERFINISHED
Jewish religious law
Ottoman law NERFINISHED
common law
incorporatesElementOf civil law
influencedBy British Mandate ordinances NERFINISHED
English common law
German civil law
Jewish Halakha NERFINISHED
Ottoman Mejelle NERFINISHED
lacksFormalWrittenConstitution true
legalFamily mixed legal system
mainLegislativeBody Knesset NERFINISHED
permitsPetitionsTo High Court of Justice (as part of Supreme Court) NERFINISHED
recognizesHumanRightsThrough Basic Law: Freedom of Occupation NERFINISHED
Basic Law: Human Dignity and Liberty NERFINISHED
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)

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Israeli civil service regulatedBy Israeli law
this entity surface form: Israeli labor law