The Attorney General of Israel (Hebrew: היועץ המשפטי לממשלה, HaYoetz HaMishpati LaMemshala, lit. The Legal Advisor to the Government) stands at the head of the legal system of the executive authority and of the public legal service, and in the force of that duty he is responsible for the protection of the rule of law in the essential-moral meaning in the State of Israel and of the public interests from possible strike by the authorities of the government. That is one of the important and very influential positions in the Israeli democracy, and a central institution in the frame of the Israeli legal system. The Basic Laws of Israel are a key component of Israels uncodified constitution. The State of Israel has no formal constitution. ... The Jerusalem Law is a common name of Basic Law: Jerusalem, Capital of Israel passed by the Israeli Knesset on July 30, 1980 (17th Av, 5740). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... 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The duties of the legal adviser of the government

The legal adviser of the government have many duties, including: the head of the public prosecution from the state, the person who advises the government in legal matters, the person who represents the state's authorities in the courts, and advises in preparation of law memoranda of the government in general and the Justice Minister in particular (likewise he examines and advises for private proposals for a law of Knesset members). In spite of the position's great importance, the status, authorities, duties, terms of employing and method of appointment and dismissal of the adviser had not defined yet in law. Nonetheless, it is possible to learn about the adviser's status, authorities and duties from the instructions that the different advisers are producing over the years.

Appointing an Attorney General

In 1997 a commission in the chairmanship of the former president of the Israeli supreme court, Meir Shamgar, had been established for examination of the possibilities of the futuristic legislation in the subject, and recommended that the title of the adviser's position will be changed to "the chief legal adviser", accordingly to his responsibility for guarding the rule of law in all of the authorities of the government, and not only in the government. Likewise the commission recommended that the adviser will be appointed by the government according to the recommendations of a public commission, that will include five members: a retired judge of the supreme court, a former justice minister, a Knesset member who will be chosen by the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee of the Knesset, a lawyer who will be chosen by the national council of The Bureau of Lawyers in Israel, an expert in the subject of public law and in the subject of criminal law]] who will be chosen by the heads of the law faculties in the universities in Israel, in order to promise the choosing of an appropriate person who have the fitting qualifications for the job. The Supreme Court (Hebrew: בית המשפט העליון, Beit Hamishpat Haelyon ) is at the head of the court system in the State of Israel. ... Meir Shamgar (b. ... The modern Knesset building, Israels parliament, in Jerusalem Though similar-sounding, Beit Knesset (בית כנסת) literally means House of Assembly, and refers to a synagogue. ...

It is customary that the decision of the appointing of the legal adviser out of the recommended nominees list that the public commission serve, is done by the justice minister, and his decision is brought to the approval of the government, that usually approve the appointment.

The mode of the performance of the duty is derived, in a large scale, from the personality of the person who holds the position. Two of the legal advisers, Aharon Barak and Yitzhak Zamir, who came to the position from the academy, distinguished in the decisiveness that they demonstrated for the guarding of the rule of law in Israel. An attitude of interests, as opposed to an official attitude, brings the government to seek for a legal adviser who will allow her to do every thing she wants. This attitude led to a scandal in the appointing of Roni Bar-On to the legal adviser of the government, as part of a deal that was intended to save Aryeh Deri. Those events were named in the media "Bar-On Hebron affair". The appointment of Bar-On as the legal adviser had been accepted with unhappiness in the juridical community, and there were many people who thought that he don't have the fitting personality and legal knowledge for the job, what that brought to the wrecking of his appointment when he resigned one day after he took his oath of office. Aharon Barak (Hebrew: אהרן ברק) (born September 16, 1936) is a professor of law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and President of the Supreme Court of Israel since 1995. ... Roni Bar-On (b. ... Born on February 17, 1959 in Meknes ,Morocco, Aryeh Deri is the former leader of Israels Shas Party. ...

Deputy positions of the legal adviser of the government

• Deputy of the legal adviser of the government for consultation
• Deputy of the legal adviser of the government for legislation
• Deputy of the legal adviser of the government for Mishpat Ivri
• Deputy of the legal adviser of the government for special jobs
• Deputy of the legal adviser of the government for civil matters
• Deputy of the legal adviser of the government for criminal matters
• Deputy of the legal adviser of the government for fiscal-economic matters

List of legal advisers of the government

1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... Gideon Hausner ( Israel, 1915 – 1990), the legal adviser of the Israeli Government, was the main prosecutor at the war crimes trial of Adolf Eichmann in 1961. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday. ... Meir Shamgar (b. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Aharon Barak (Hebrew: אהרן ברק) (born September 16, 1936) is a professor of law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and President of the Supreme Court of Israel since 1995. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Roni Bar-On (b. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Elyakim Rubinstein (born 1947) was the Attorney General of Israel from 1997 to 2004. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Menachem Mazuz (Hebrew: מנחם מזוז) (born 1955) is an Israeli jurist, who currently serves as Israels Attorney General. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• Attorney General on the Israeli Ministry of Justice website (in Hebrew)