Introduction -- Zionism and the evolving new culture -- The cultural struggles over the shaping of the law -- From judicial restraint to judicial activism -- The decline of formalism and the rise of values -- From hegemony to war of cultures -- The Supreme Court and the future of liberalism -- Israel as a multicultural state -- Law and culture in the coming decades -- Conclusion
Summary
For half a century a fierce struggle to shape Israeli culture has been waged in its legal system. Should Israel be a secular, liberal state, or governed by traditional Jewish law and culture? Here, Menachem Mautner tells the story of the political struggles to control Israeli law, and through it the culture of Israel itself
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-259) and index
