Last Day of Posts for a While

Starting new job in DC and not sure I will be able to keep the blog at all. So taking off until Feb 15th and will decide at that point what I am able to undertake.

Best to all and some notes I'm working on.

Democracy in Israel

A Work in the Spirit of Alexis de Tocqueville

Chapter I

Exterior Form of the State of Israel

Chapter II

Origin of the Israelis, and the Importance of this Origin in Relation to Their Future Condition Reasons for certain anomalies which the laws and customs of the Israelis present

Chapter III

Social Condition of the Israelis
The striking characteristic of the social condition of the Israelis is its essential democracy
Political consequences of the social condition of the Israelis

Chapter IV

The Principle of the Sovereignty of the People of Israel

Chapter V

Necessity of Examining the Condition of the Regions before that of the State of Israel at large
The Israeli system of X
Limits of the X
Powers of the X
in Israel
Life in the X
Spirit of the X in Israel
The regions of Israel
The administration of government in Israel
General remarks on administration in Israel
Of the State
Legislative power of the state
The executive power of the state
Political effects of centralized administration in the State of Israel

Chapter VI

Judicial Power in the State of Israel, and its Influence on Political Society
Other powers granted to Israeli Judges

Chapter VII

Political Jurisdiction in the State of Israel

Chapter VIII

The Basic Laws of the State of Israel
History of the Basic Laws
Summary of the Basic Laws
Powers of the central government
Legislative powers of the central government
The executive power
In what position of a Prime Minister of Israel differs from that of a President of the United States
Accidental causes which may increase the influence of the central government
Why the Prime Minister does need a majority in the congress in order to carry on the government
Election of the Prime Minister
Mode of election
Crisis of the election
Re-election of the Prime Minister
State courts of justice
Means of determining the jurisdiction of the State courts
Different cases jurisdiction
Procedure of the State courts
High rank of the supreme court among the great powers of state
In what respects the Basic Laws are superior to general legislation
Characteristics of the Basic Laws of the State of Israel as compared with all other state constitutions
Advantages of the Basic Law system in general, and its special utility in Israel
Why the Basic Law system is not practicable for all nations, and how the Israelis were able to adopt it

Chapter IX

How it can be strictly said that the people govern in the State of Israel

Chapter X

Parties in the State of Israel
Remains of Marxism and Communism in the State of Israel

Chapter XI

Liberty of the Press in the State of Israel

Chapter XII

Political Associations in the State of Israel

Chapter XIII

Government of the Democracy in Israel
Universal suffrage
The choice of the people, and the instinctive preferences of the Israeli democracy
Influence which the Israeli democracy has exercised on the laws relating to elections
Public officers under the control of the Israeli democracy
Arbitrary power of magistrates under the rule of the Israeli democracy
Instability of the administration of the State of Israel
Charges levied by the state under the rule of the Israeli democracy
Tendencies of the Israeli state as regards the salaries of public officers
Difficulty of distinguished the causes that inclines the Israeli government to economy
Whether the expenditure of Israel can be compared with that of the United States
Corruption and the vices of the rulers in a democracy, and consequent effects upon public morality
Efforts of which a democracy is capable
Self-control of the Israeli democracy
Conduct of foreign affairs by the Israeli democracy

Chapter XIV

What are the Real Advantages which Israeli Society Derives from a Democratic Government
General tendency of the laws under Israeli democracy, and the instincts of those who apply them
Public spirit in the State of Israel
The idea of rights in the State of Israel
Respect for the law in the State of Israel
Activity that pervades all parts of the body politic in the State of Israel; influence that it excercises upon society

Chapter XV

Limited Power of the Majority in the State of Israel and Its Consequences
How the absence of the majority increases, in Israel, the instability of legislation and administration inherent in democracy
Absence of the majority
Effects of the absence of the majority upon the arbitrary authority of Israeli public officers
Power exercised by the minority in Israel upon opinion
Effects of the absence of a majority upon the national character of the Israelis – The egalitarian* spirit in the State of Israel
The greatest dangers of the Israeli republic proceed from the absence of the majority

Chapter XVI

Causes Which Mitigate the Absence of the Majority in the State of Israel
The Presence of a centralized administration
The temper of the legal profession in Israel, and how it serves as a counterpoise to democracy*
Trial by jury* in the State of Israel considered as a political institution

Chapter XVII

Principal Causes Which Tend to Maintain the Democratic Republic in the State of
Israel
Accidental or providential causes which contribute to maintain the democratic republic in the State of Israel
Influence of the laws upon the maintenance of the democratic republic in the State of Israel
Influence of customs upon the maintenance of the democratic republic in the State of Israel
Religion considered as a political institution which powerfully contributes* to the maintenance of a democratic republic among the Israelis
Indirect influence of religious opinions upon political society in the State of Israel
Principal causes which make religion powerful in Israel
How the education, the habits, and the practical experience of the Israelis promote the success of their democratic institutions
The laws contribute more to the maintenance of the democratic republic in the State of Israel,* than the physical circumstances of the country, and the customs more than the laws*
Whether laws and customs are sufficient to maintain democratic institutions in other countries besides Israel*
Importance of what precedes with respect to the United States and the Middle East

Chapter XVIII

The Present and Probable Future Condition of the Four Constituencies That Inhabit the Region of the State of Israel
The present and probable future condition of the Arab Israeli citizen that inhabits the State of Israel
Situation of the Palestinian population in territories controlled by Israel, and the dangers with which its presence threatens the Israelis
The present and probable future condition of the secular Jewish citizen of Israel
The present and probable future condition of the religious Jewish citizen of Israel
What are the chances of duration of the Israeli State, and what dangers threaten it
Of the republican institutions of the State of Israel, and what there chances of duration are
Some considerations on the causes of the commercial prosperity of the State of Israel

Conclusion