Land expropriation in Israel law, culture, and society - Holzman-Gazit, Yifat (Ashgate, 2007)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-195) and index
The statutory framework of expropriation and the land tenure regime -- Civil rights and land expropriation : double standard in the court in the pre-constitutional era -- Nation-building and the ideology of public land ownership -- The public use requirement : the impact of immigration and housing policies -- Expropriation of Arab land in the 1950s : policy and process -- Expropriation of Arab land as the basis for a general legal practice -- The politics of land expropriation after 1967 -- The 1992 constitutional revolution : continuity and change -- New millennium, new directions?
This book studies the Israeli case law of land expropriation against the social characteristics, political realities and ideologies of Israel. It concludes with an analysis of the constitutional change of 1992 and its impact on the legal treatment of property rights under Israeli law