Israeli legal system and precedents Name Course Instructor Date Introduction In the Israeli legal system, the judges create precedent especially in case law decisions in comparison to the civil law system. At the same time, the judges are typically not bound by the factors of a case, meaning that they exercise more power than the common law judges. The Israeli legal system borrows both elements of Common law ordinarily found in countries that adopt some forms of the UK legal system including the US, but it also incorporates elements of Case law typically adopted by Continental Europe. This paper focuses on the way the Israeli system uses precedents, it also compares how this differs for the US Supreme Court use of precedents, and the likely impact of precedents on the Israeli policy making. Israeli legal system vs. US use of precedent The blended legal system allows the Israeli Supreme Court judges to pa
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