BOOKS - Apple of Gold by Gary J. Jacobsohn (1994-10-17)
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Apple of Gold by Gary J. Jacobsohn (1994-10-17)
Author: Gary Jeffrey Jacobsohn
Year: December 14, 1992
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 13 MB
Language: English
Year: December 14, 1992
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 13 MB
Language: English
By comparing the constitutional systems of Israel and the United States, Gary Jacobsohn provides a new view of the essentials of constitutionalism itself - a balanced picture that would have been impossible to achieve by focusing on any one polity. Abraham Lincoln, in likening the Declaration of Independence to the Biblical and "apple of gold, and " and the Constitution to its and "picture of silver, and " illuminated the connections in the United States between political ideas and constitutional government. Jacobsohn applies Lincoln's insight to the Israeli experience to develop a deeper understanding of the relationship between political culture and constitutionalism, and the limits and possibilities for constitutional transplantation. By comparing the constitutional systems of Israel and the United States, Gary Jacobsohn provides a new view of the essentials of constitutionalism itself - a balanced picture that would have been impossible to achieve by focusing on any one polity. Abraham Lincoln, in likening the Declaration of Independence to the Biblical and "apple of gold, and " and the Constitution to its and "picture of silver, and " illuminated the connections in the United States between political ideas and constitutional government. Jacobsohn applies Lincoln's insight to the Israeli experience to develop a deeper understanding of the relationship between political culture and constitutionalism, and the limits and possibilities for constitutional transplantation.
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