Apple of Gold : : Constitutionalism in Israel and the United States / / Gary J. Jacobsohn.

• VerfasserIn: Jacobsohn, Gary J.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2017]; ©1993
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 5174
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (294 p.)

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 "apple of gold," and the Constitution to its "picture of silver," 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.Originally published in 1993.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter One. Introduction -- Chapter Two. Alternative Pluralisms -- Chapter Three. The Who and the What of Civic Identity -- Chapter Four. Constituting the Polity -- Chapter Five. Jurisprudence, Education, and the Constitution -- Chapter Six. Doctrinal Diversions: Speech, Democracy, and the American Way -- Chapter Seven. Conclusion -- Afterword -- Appendix: The Proclamation of the State of Israel -- Bibliography -- Index