Legalising the unlegaliseable: Terrorism, secret services and judicial review in israel 1970–2001

Judicial Review and Bureaucratic Impact: International and Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 190-220

  Dotan, Yoav ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511493782.008     Document Type: Chapter

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