IsrSC - Israel Supreme Court (Israel)
The anglicized legal citation of the Israeli Hebrew-language law report, P.D. (Piskei Din shel Bet HaMishpat HaElyon LeYisrael), being the judgments of the Supreme Court of Israel.
The official preferred legal citation presents without punctuation: IsrSC.
According to the Israeli Supreme Court website as on May 8,2010:
"The Supreme Court is at the head of the
court system in the State. It is the highest judicial instance. The Supreme Court sits in Jerusalem. The area of its jurisdiction is the entire State. A ruling of the Supreme Court is binding upon every court, other than the Supreme Court itself.
"The Supreme Court is an appellate court,
as well as the High Court of Justice. As an appellate court, the Supreme Court
considers cases on appeal (both criminal and civil) on judgments and other decisions of the District Courts. It also considers appeals on judicial and quasi-judicial decisions of various kinds, such as matters relating to the legality of Knesset elections, disciplinary rulings of the Bar Association, prisoners’ petitions and administrative detention.
"As the High Court of Justice, the Supreme Court
rules as a court of first instance, primarily in matters regarding the legality of decisions of State authorities: Government decisions, those of local authorities and other bodies and persons performing public functions under the law. It rules on matters in which it considers it necessary to grant relief in the interests of justice, and which are not within the jurisdiction of another court or tribunal."
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