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Presidential Elements in Government Experimenting with Constitutional Change: Direct Election of the Prime Minister in Israel

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 March 2006

David Kretzmer
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Abstract

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A constitutional experiment in which a parliamentary system of government under proportional representation was combined with the direct election of a prime minister — the system prior to 1992 — the political context of the 1992 reform — the unintended consequences of the reform in practice — the return to a pure parliamentary form of government, combined with a constructive vote of no-confidence and a prime-ministerial power to dissolve parliament.

Keywords

IsraelConstitutional LawDirect Election of Prime MinisterKnessetParliamentary DemocracyWestminster ModelGovernment FormationPresidential ElementsElectoral ReformCoalition PoliticsConstitutional HistoryBasic LawDirect Election ExperimentFailure
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Articles
Information
European Constitutional Law Review , Volume 2 , Issue 1 , February 2006 , pp. 60 - 80
Copyright
Asser Press 2006