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Transformative Justice : Israeli Identity on Trial

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Can Israel be both Jewish and democratic? Transformative Justice, Leora Bilsky's landmark study of Israeli political trials, poses this deceptively simple question. The four trials that she analyzes focus on identity, the nature of pluralism, human rights, and the rule of law-issues whose importance extends far beyond Israel's borders. Drawing on the latest work in philosophy, law, history, and rhetoric, Bilsky exposes the many narratives that compete in a political trial and demonstrates how Israel's history of social and ideological conflicts in the courtroom offers us a rare opportunity to understand the meaning of political trials. The result is a bold new perspective on the politics of justice and its complex relationship to the values of liberalism. Leora Bilsky is Professor of Law, Tel Aviv University.

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  • ISBN-13: 9780472030378
  • ISBN-10: 047203037X
  • Publisher: University of Michigan Press
  • Publish Date: November 2004
  • Dimensions: 8.96 x 6.12 x 0.84 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.15 pounds
  • Page Count: 392

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