Zichroni v. State of Israel

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In addition to tracing the fascinating career of Israel's Amnon Zichroni from hunger-striking conscientious objector to sober civil liberties lawyer, this book explores many of the internal conflicts that bedevil all democracies facing genuine security threats. A stimulating read. -- A. Alan Borovoy, General Counsel, Canadian Civil Liberties Association It's a rare reader that will fail to learn something new and of compelling significance for personal and global political life from this book. -- Glenn D. Paige, chair, Center for Global Nonkilling Michael Keren's briskly written biography of the Israeli civil rights lawyer Amnon Zichroni is in fact a revealing grassroots history of the half-century effort to establish the realm of individual dissent and civil rights in a society originally committed to a democratic but communal Zionism. It documents through fascinating landmark cases the constant vigorous dialogue that Israeli nationhood requires from its citizens. -- Charles S. Maier, Harvard University If the question is, "Why should political scientists study lawyers?" one answer is in this book. Political science, like law and public administration, is now moving from the study of government to the study of "governance," that is, political decision-making processes shared by government and non-government actors. This book argues that radical, anti-establishment lawyers are not simply Robin Hoods but instead are key figures in the complex political task of orchestrating the relationship between government and civil society. -- Martin Shapiro, Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley