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Ministry of Justice of the State of Israel

Official Website of the Israeli Ministry of Justice, the government department whose areas of responsibility include provision of legal advice and legislation, the Office of the State Attorney, Companies Registrar, Land Registry and money laundering prohibition. The website provides information on the department's work including the development of mediation and conflict resolution, the prevention of money laundering, patent protection and registration of claims of Jews from Arab countries. The site is in Hebrew, with an English interface.

Selected Laws of the State of Israel

The website of the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs includes a page of selected laws of Israel which can be viewed online in HTML. Available laws include the 1948 Declaration of Independence, the Law of Return, the Protection of Holy Places Law, Denial of Holocaust (Prohibition) Law and the Golan Heights Law. Most legislation is available in full, but some laws are available as summaries only.

Foreign Law Translations

Free database of foreign legislation and cases translated into English, provided by the Institute for Transnational Law at the University of Texas at Austin. Foreign Law Translations makes available translated French, German, Austrian and Israeli cases and French and German legislation in the areas of constitutional, administrative, contract and tort law; most of the content is from France and Germany. The site also has a glossary of French legal terms and a list of German legal abbreviations

Al-Muqtafi

The Al-Muqtafi database is produced by the Institute of Law at Birzeit University in Palestine. It gives details of all legislation enacted in Palestine since the middle of the nineteenth century. The database can be searched by subject, historical period, date, keyword or type. Records include the title, date, topic, bibliographic details and links to any amendments. A selection of documents are provided in full-text form, mostly in Arabic. Al-Muqtafi also covers court judgments, some of which are available in full, in Arabic.

Birzeit University Institute of Law

Website of the Institute of Law at Birzeit University in Palestine which was established in 1993 to provide legal research and education and to contribute to "the evolution of legal structures and the rule of law in Palestine". The website has information about courses run at the Institute and details of current research projects. Details of the Institute's publications are given on the site. Some of these are made freely available online as PDF or HTML documents and appear in Arabic or English.

State of Israel Judicial Authority

Official website of the Supreme Court of Israel, available in Hebrew and English. The site describes the role and function of the courts and the judiciary. A selection Supreme Court judgements is available on the site in PDF format. There is historical background information and guidance on the court system, covering the Supreme Court, District Courts, Magistrates' Courts and Juvenile Courts, along with the various tribunals. There is also information about individual judges.

Prime Minister's Office Israel

English version of the Israeli Prime Minister's official website. Provides information about the current Prime Minister, press releases, speeches and news from the government, including coverage of the Middle East, the Arab-Israeli conflict and the situation in Jerusalem, Palestine, the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Links are provided to other websites maintained by the government of Israel.

Fundamental Agreement between the Holy See and the State of Israel.

Text of an agreement signed between the Holy See and the State of Israel, resulting from the work of the Bilateral Permanent Working Commission set up in July, 1992. The aim of the agreement is to provide basis for relations between the two states. The web page is hosted by the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and can be viewed in English and Spanish.

Basic Laws of Israel

The Basic Laws of Israel, made freely available on the website of the Knesset (the Israeli Parliament). The site includes an introduction to the Basic Laws, a summary of each law, a link to the full text and to details of the Knesset that passed each law. There are Basic Laws covering the following areas: the Knesset; Israel Lands; President of the State; the Government; the State Economy; the Army; Jerusalem, Capital of Israel; the Judiciary; the State Comptroller; Human Dignity and Liberty; the government and Freedom of Occupation.

Online Judaic Responsa Project

Responsa is a database of Torah literature, available by subscription from Bar Ilan University in Israel. It includes the Bible, the Talmud Bavli and Yerushalmi, with commentaries; there are works about Jewish law and custom, legal codes and over 80,000 Halachic law decisions. The database is in Hebrew, but the website has English and French interfaces.

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