Symposium: Judicial Independence in the Three Branches of Government - Reciprocal Relations Between the Court and the Knesset and Government

The Faculty of Law of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the Harry and Michael Sacher Institute for Legislative Research and Comparative Law, in cooperation with the Jerusalem Institute and the Jerusalem District Committee of the Israel Bar Association hosted the Annual Memorial Lecture in Honor of Attorney Daniel Jacobson on the topic of:

 

 

Following:

 

Shimon Shetreet & Christopher Forsyth

Culture of Judicial Independence:

Conceptual Foundations and Practical Challenges (2012)

 

Moderator: Justice Dalia Dorner of the Supreme Court of Israel (ret.)

 

Greetings: 

Prof. Yaacov Bar-Siman-Tov, Head of the Jerusalem Institute; and The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Attorney Asher Axelrod, Chair, Jerusalem District Committee, Israel Bar Association

 

Opening Remarks:

Prof. Barak Medina, Dean of the Faculty of Law, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Prof. Michael Karayanni, Head of the Harry and Michael Sacher Institute for Legislative Research and Comparative Law, Faculty of Law, Hebrew University of Jerusalem 

 

Presentations:

Knesset Member Reuven Rivlin, Speaker of the Knesset 

Prof. Yaakov Neeman, Minister of Justice

Justice Eliezer Rivlin, Deputy-President of the Supreme Court of Israel

 

Concluding Remarks:

 

Prof. Shimon Shetreet, Faculty of Law, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem