Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Acknowledgments VII
3. Introduction IX
4. Contents XIII
5. Israel's Emerging Constitution 1
6. Chapter I: Constitutional Antecedents 3
7. Chapter II: The Political Parties and Their Views on the Constitution 15
8. Chapter III: The Parties' Official Statements on the Constitution 37
9. Chapter IV Contributions of the Provisional Government to Constitutional Development 50
10. Chapter V: The Transition Law 65
11. Chapter VI: Constitutional Principles of the First Kneset 81
12. Chapter VII: Constitutional Patterns of the First Kneset 94
13. Chapter VIII: Toward a Written Constitution 110
14. Chapter IX: The Religious Problem 120
15. Chapter X: Territorial and Military Problems 146
16. Chapter XI: The Status of Non-Israeli Jews 154
17. Chapter XII: Economic and Social Problems 160
18. Chapter XIII: The Outlook for the Future 169
19. Bibliography 176
20. Index 184