Judicial Power and National Politics (2nd ed.)

Chronicles the conflict between religious and secular forces in Israel. In Judicial Power and National Politics, Second Edition , Patricia J. Woods returns to an issue that has only grown in relevance since the first edition's publication in 2008: the religious-secular conflict in Israel. The first edition focused on the role that courts and justices play in deeply charged political battles. In the last quarter of the twentieth century, social groups turned to the judicial arm of the state in an