The ''Israel Law Review'' is the oldest

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published in English. In ''Great American Lawyers, an Encyclopaedia'', it is referred to as being among "the most prestigious of scholarly journals". The journal focuses on

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and on issues relevant to Israeli society.

History

The journal was established in January 1966 by the Israeli Law Review Association, under the auspices of senior members of the Faculty of Law of the

Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; he, הַאוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה הַעִבְרִית בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם) is a public research university based in Jerusalem, Israel. Co-founded by Albert Einstein and Dr. Chaim Weiz ...

. It has been published since 2009 by

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under the management of the Minerva Center for Human Rights at the Law Faculty of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Originally there was consideration given to publishing the journal in French, but the decision was made to publish it in English. It was

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from the outset. When the journal was established, it became the second law review in Israel, the first being ''Ha-Praklit'' ("''The Attorney''"), which was run by the Israeli Bar and published short practical articles in Hebrew. At the time of its establishment,

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was its

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. From 1996 until 2001, its editor was

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. Currently, it is edited by

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and Malcolm Shaw.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is indexed in

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, and

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databases.

Notable articles

In 1969,

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Justice

Haim Cohn Haim Herman Cohn ( he, חיים הרמן כהן, 11 March 1911 – 10 April 2002) was an Israeli jurist and politician. Biography Haim Cohn was born in Lübeck, Germany in 1911 to a religious family. He was chairman of a World Agudath Israel br ...

published an article in the journal, which was reported on by the

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and picked up widely by newspapers, in which he indicated that Jewish officials sought to save

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from Roman execution, but he refused to cooperate.Cornell, George W. (September 26, 1969). ; ; ; ; ; . Associated Press. Retrieved December 27, 2010

References

External links

official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Israel Law Review General law journals Academic journals established in 1966 English-language journals Hebrew University of Jerusalem Quarterly journals Israeli law journals Cambridge University Press academic journals