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UK Criticism of Israel Constitutional 'Reform' Proposals 

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We are lawyers and legal academics from the UK who are concerned about the content of proposed reforms to Israel’s constitutional structure and institutions.  We fear that these will undermine democratic rights, the rule of law, the separation of powers, the independence of the judiciary and human rights.  These reforms would move Israel away from democracy and towards legal autocracy.

The Proposed Reforms

Judicial Appointments

Constitutional Review of Legislation

Override power for Knesset over court judgements

Abolition of the “reasonableness” doctrine in judicial review of administrative action

Role of the Attorney General

Conclusion

Signed:

Dr Haim Abraham, UCL Faculty of Laws

Professor Alan Bogg, Professor in Law, University of Bristol Law School

Paul Brand, FBA, Emeritus Fellow, All Souls College, Professor of English Legal History, University of Oxford

Professor Ruth Chang, Professor of Jurisprudence, University of Oxford

Professor Mindy Chen-Wishart, Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford

Dr Ronan Cormacain, Consultant Legislative Counsel

Paul Craig, Emeritus Professor of English Law, University of Oxford

Professor Tsilly Dagan, Professor of Taxation law, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford

Nuno Ferreira, Professor of Law, School of Law, Politics and Sociology, University of Sussex

Professor Sandra Fredman, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford.

Professor Dev Saif Gangjee, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford

Professor Prof Joshua Getzler, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford

Dr Rotem Giladi, Senior Lecturer, Roehampton Law School, London

Professor Sir Roy Goode KC, Emeritus Professor of Law, University of Oxford

Dr Florian Grisel, Associate Professor of Socio-Legal Studies, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford

Dr Julius Grower, Associate Professor of Law, University of Oxford

Dr Nikola R. Hajdin, Fellow with the Faculty of Law and Christ Church, University of Oxford 

Laura Hoyano. Emeritus Professor of Law, University of Oxford

Professor Dori Kimel, Reader in Legal Philosophy, University of Oxford

Professor Marina Kurkchiyan, Emeritus Fellow, Emeritus Fellow, the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford

Dr Thomas Krebs, Brasenose College, University of Oxford

Professor Nicola Lacey FBA CBE, Law School, London School of Economics

Dr Grant Lamond, Associate Professor in Law and University Lecturer in Legal Philosophy, University of Oxford

Professor Virginia Mantouvalou, Professor of Human Rights and Labour Law, UCL Faculty of Laws

Donald McGillivray, Professor of Environmental Law, University of Sussex

Professor Daniel Monk, Birkbeck, University of London

Professor David Nelken, King’s College London

Professor Colm O'Cinneide, Professor of Constitutional and Human Rights Law, UCL Faculty of Laws

Dr Aisling O’Sullivan, Senior Lecturer in International Law, Co-Director of Sussex Centre for Human Rights Research, University of Sussex

Professor Amir Paz-Fuchs, Professor of Law and Social Justice, Head of Department, School of Law, University of Sussex

Professor Justine Pila, Faculty of Law and St Catherine’s College, University of Oxford

Professor Irit Samet, Professor in Law, King’s College London

Professor Anat Scolnicov, Department of Law, University of Winchester

Rt Hon Sir Stephen Sedley, former Lord Justice of Appeal for England and Wales, judge ad hoc of the ECtHR, and visiting professor of law, University of Oxford

Dr. Hilary Sommerlad, Professor of Law & Social Justice, School of Law, University of Leeds

Dr Bosko Tripkovic, Associate Professor of Law, Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham

Professor Avrom Sherr, Emeritus Professor, Institute of Advance Legal Studies, London

David Vaver, Emeritus Professor of Intellectual Property & Information Technology Law, University of Oxford

Professor Mark Walters, Professor of Criminal Law and Criminology, Sussex Law School, University of Sussex

Lucia Zedner, Professor & Senior Research Fellow in Law, University of Oxford

Professor Katja Sarah Ziegler, University of Leicester

Dr Reuven (Ruvi) Ziegler, Associate Professor, University of Reading School of Law

Professor Adrian Zuckerman, Emeritus Professor of Civil Procedure, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford.

Eva Pils, Professor of Law, King's College London.

Professor Emeritus Mark Freedland, University of Oxford.

Fernanda Pirie, Professor of the Anthropology of Law, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford.

Thomas Poole, Professor of Law, London School of Economics.

Antonios Tzanakopoulos, Professor of Public International Law, University of Oxford.

Professor Paul James Cardwell PFHEA, King's College London.

Dr Yael Lifshitz, Senior Lecturer in Law, King's College London.

Professor Veronica Rodriguez-Blanco, Professor of Moral and Political Philosophy (Jurisprudence), School of Law, University of Surrey 

To join the list of signatories please send an email to: lawprofessorsforum@gmail.com

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