Experimenting with constitutional change: Direct election of the prime minister in Israel

David Kretzmer

doi:10.1017/S1574019606000605

Experimenting with constitutional change: Direct election of the prime minister in Israel

David Kretzmer^*

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Abstract

A constitutional experiment in which a parliamentary system of government under proportional representation was combined with the direct election of a prime minister - The system prior to 1992 - The political context of the 1992 reform - The unintended consequences of the reform in practice - The return to a pure parliamentary form of government, combined with a constructive vote of no-confidence and a prime-ministerial power to dissolve parliament.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	60-80
Number of pages	21
Journal	European Constitutional Law Review
Volume	2
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S1574019606000605
State	Published - Feb 2006

Keywords

Basic law
Coalition politics
Constitutional history
Constitutional law
Direct election experiment
Direct election of prime minister
Electoral reform
Failure
Government formation
Israel
Knesset
Parliamentary democracy
Presidential elements
Westminster model

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