Book contents
- Israel’s Declaration of Independence
- Israel’s Declaration of Independence
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Notes on the Text
- Introduction
- Part I The Setting
- Part II Political Theory
- Part III History
- Part IV Legacy
- 8 The Laws of Israel and the Declaration of Independence
- Conclusion
- Afterword and Acknowledgments
- Appendix: Address by Zalman Rubashov (Shazar) to the Zionist Actions Committee, April 12, 1948
- Bibliography
- Index
Conclusion
Sovereignty, the Jewish State, and Principles of Political Right
from Part IV - Legacy
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 December 2022
- Israel’s Declaration of Independence
- Israel’s Declaration of Independence
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Notes on the Text
- Introduction
- Part I The Setting
- Part II Political Theory
- Part III History
- Part IV Legacy
- 8 The Laws of Israel and the Declaration of Independence
- Conclusion
- Afterword and Acknowledgments
- Appendix: Address by Zalman Rubashov (Shazar) to the Zionist Actions Committee, April 12, 1948
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The place of the Declaration of Independence in the subsequent national life of Israel points not only to the lasting importance of the text, but as well to inevitable uses that such a text will be put to. It is a founding text. Implicitly, its uses would be vast.
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- Israel's Declaration of IndependenceThe History and Political Theory of the Nation's Founding Moment, pp. 261 - 285Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022