TY - BOOK AU - Mautner,Menachem TI - Law and the culture of Israel SN - 9780191729188 (ebook) : AV - KMK68 U1 - 349.5694 23 PY - 2011/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - Law KW - Israel KW - Culture and law KW - Religion and law KW - Political aspects KW - Social aspects KW - Civilization KW - Religion N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - For half a century a fierce struggle to shape Israeli culture has been waged in its legal system. Should Israel be a secular liberal state, or governed by traditional Jewish law and culture? Here, Menachem Mautner tells the story of the political struggles to control Israeli law, and through it the culture of Israel itself UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199600564.001.0001 ER -