Home     About the Project     Main Topics     Committee Debates     Resources     Contact Us   Committee Debates   Search: The Courts  |  The Knesset  |  The Knesset II  |  The Executive branch  |  Legislation  |  Religion and State  |  Israel as the Jewish State  |  Israel Lands Authority  |  Lands and Settlement  |  President of the State  |  The Army  |  State Comptroller  |  Jerusalem  |  Minority Rights  |   Political Rights   |  Social and Economic Rights  |  Rights of Due Process  |  Due Process  |  Right to Life  |  Meetings in Canada and US Dr. Hillel Sommer of the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya delivered a lecture to the Constitution, Law, and Justice Committee on Anchoring Human Rights in a Constitutional Bill of Rights. The lecture formed the basis of the committee meeting on November 8, 2004, and is recorded here, along with comments by meeting participants.   Introduction: Constitutional Engineering List of rights Who are the beneficiaries of rights? Who is compelled by rights? What level of detail should be adopted in rights in the constitution? How are constitutional rights and the methods of limiting them designed? Right to Life and Limb Expand A. Introduction Expand B. The List of Rights Expand 1. Which human rights should be entrenched in a modern constitution? Expand 2. Who are the beneficiaries of the rights? Expand 3. Who is compelled by the rights? Expand 4. How are constitutional rights and the methods of limiting them designed? Expand 5. Leaving the door open to legislators to limit rights: Expand An Override Clause in the Human Dignity and Liberty Chapter Expand Guaranteed Rights and Empty Promises Expand Jewish Law as a source for Constitutional Rights Expand Should the Bill of Rights be broad or minimalistic? Expand Dignity: April 10th 2005 Expand Copyright © 2004 The Knesset and The Jewish Agency for Israel. All rights reserved.