On September 18, the Superior Court of Quebec released its decision in the novel and intriguing case of Bil’in (Village Council) v. Green Park International Ltd., 2009 QCCS 4151. The plaintiffs sought to claim against a Quebec corporation and its sole director for participating in war crimes allegedly committed in the West Bank. However, Superior [...]

The Supreme Court of Israel is a unique judicial body. It is the highest court in Israel – the last resort for appeals in a three-tiered judicial system. However, sitting as a High Court of Justice it is also the court of first and last instance in petitions for judicial review of administrative action. And [...]

[Editor's note: This article was first published in Lesbian/Gay Law Notes, a publication of New York Law School.] The Israeli Supreme Court on November 21, 2006 accepted the petitions of five same-sex Israeli couples who married in Toronto, Canada and requested to be registered in the Israeli population registry as married. (HCJ 3045/05 Ben-Ari v. [...]