pt. 1. The role of the judge. -- Bridging the gap between law and society -- Protecting the Constitution and democracy -- pt. 2. The means of realizing the judicial role. -- Preconditions for realizing the judicial role -- The meaning of means -- Interpretation -- The development of the common law -- Balancing and weighing -- Non-justiciability, or "political questions" -- Standing -- Comparative law -- The judgment -- pt. 3. The relationship between the court and the other branches of the state. -- Tension among the branches -- The relationship between the judiciary and the legislature -- The relationship between the judiciary and the executive -- pt. 4. Evaluation of the role of a judge in a democracy -- Acivism and self-restraint -- The judicial role and the problem of terrorism -- The role of the judge: theory, practice, and the future

1. Israel. Bet ha-mishpat ha-‘elyon.
2. Judges
3. Judicial process
4. Law -- Interpretation and construction
5. Judicial power
6. Judges -- Israel
7. Judicial power -- Israel
8. Judge-made law -- Israel
9. Courts -- Israel