Dorit Beinisch

Dorit Beinisch (Hebrew: דורית ביניש) (born: 1942) is the president of the Supreme Court of Israel. With the retirement of outgoing president Aharon Barak, she was appointed to the position on September 7, 2006. She is the first woman to serve as president of the Supreme Court. ^[1] She appears likely to continue Barak's judicial-activist approach. Image File history File linksMetadata Dorit_Beinisch. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Dorit_Beinisch. ... Hebrew redirects here. ... 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ... Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States (1861-1865) The majority of this article is about heads of states. ... The Supreme Court (Hebrew: בית המשפט העליון, Beit Hamishpat Haelyon ) is at the head of the court system in the State of Israel. ... 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. ...

A member of Israel's Supreme Court since 1995, Beinisch has an extensive career in public service. From 1989, she served as state attorney for seven years and as deputy state attorney before that. As state attorney, she headed government litigation in the magistrate, district and appellate courts. She also served as official legal advisor to government departments and agencies. A lawsuit is a civil action brought before a court in order to recover a right, obtain damages for an injury, obtain an injunction to prevent an injury, or obtain a declaratory judgment to prevent future legal disputes. ... A magistrate is a judicial officer. ... District courts are a category of courts which exists in several nations. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Appeal. ...

She served in the Israeli Defense Force, where she reached the rank of lieutenant. Beinisch received her law and advanced law degrees from Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She then began her professional career following admittance to the Israeli Bar in 1967. She served as assistant to the Jerusalem district attorney and, subsequently, as senior assistant to the state attorney. From 1976-82, she directed the Department of Constitutional and Administrative Law in the state attorney's office. She represented the state before the Supreme Court in constitutional and administrative cases. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) (Hebrew: צבא ההגנה לישראל Tsva Ha-Haganah Le-Yisrael ([Army] Force [for] the Defense of Israel), often abbreviated צהל Tsahal, alternative English spelling Tzahal, is the name of Israels armed forces... Lieutenant is a military, naval, paramilitary, fire service or police officer rank. ... The Hebrew University of Jerusalem is one of Israels oldest, largest, and most important institutes of higher learning and research. ...

In her various public service positions, she gave special attention to government corruption and to ensuring that government institutions adhere to the law, with a particular emphasis placed on the IDF, the police and general security services. Standing out among her opinions as a Supreme Court justice, is a decision holding that parents cannot use corporal punishment and other decisions stressing the importance of women's and children's rights. Lately Dorit Beinisch gave few judgments concerning the conflict between security needs,and civil and human rights.These judgments may be seen on the Israeli Supreme Court site: www.supreme.court.gov.il In broad terms, political corruption is the misuse of public office for private gain. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not include all significant viewpoints. ...