Les Lois fondamentales
Israël n'a pas de constitution écrite unique. À la place, quatorze Lois fondamentales, adoptées sur six décennies, définissent l'État, ses institutions et les droits de sa population.
Branches of Government
Branches of Government
The five Basic Laws that structure Israel's elected and appointed institutions, from the Knesset and the cabinet to the courts that increasingly check them.
Character of the State
Character of the State
Basic Laws that define what kind of state Israel is, its land regime, its capital, its self-identification (since 2018) as the nation-state of the Jewish people, and (since 2026) its constitutional recognition of Torah study as a foundational value.
Rights
Rights
The 1992 rights pair that triggered Israel's 'constitutional revolution', the closest thing Israel has to a bill of rights, and the legal anchor for every modern judicial-review fight.
Process & Oversight
Process & Oversight
Basic Laws that govern the machinery of state, the budget, the State Comptroller's audit power, and the referendum requirement for ceding annexed territory.