Israel Constitutional amendment Struck down 2023-07-24

Reasonableness Standard Law — Basic Law: The Judiciary (Amendment No. 3)

تعديل قانون أساس: القضاء – إلغاء معيار المعقولية

Summary

Added §15(d1) to Basic Law: The Judiciary, stripping all courts — including the High Court of Justice — of jurisdiction to review the "reasonableness" of decisions by the government, prime minister or ministers. The first enacted piece of the 2023 judicial overhaul led by Justice Minister Yariv Levin; passed 64-0 with the opposition boycotting.

Impact

Removed a core judicial check on the executive. Struck down by the Supreme Court on 1 January 2024 (8-7) — the first time an Israeli Basic Law was invalidated, on separation-of-powers grounds.

Parties involved

Likud

Sources

official www.loc.gov
www.loc.gov — US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor

Permalink https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/bills/reasonableness-law

How to cite

This is a citation for the legislation itself — credited to Knesset and dated to its 2023 introduction. Tayyar is the retrieval surface, not the author. A separate "Retrieved via" line records that you accessed it through this dataset.

In-text: (Knesset, 2023)

APA 7Institutional author

Knesset. (2023). Reasonableness Standard Law — Basic Law: The Judiciary (Amendment No. 3) [Legislation]. https://www.loc.gov/item/global-legal-monitor/2023-10-24/israel-legislation-abolishes-reasonableness-as-a-standard-for-judicial-review-of-governments-decisions/. Retrieved via Tayyar (https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/bills/reasonableness-law) on June 21, 2026.

Chicago author-dateCommon in political-science journals

Knesset. 2023. “Reasonableness Standard Law — Basic Law: The Judiciary (Amendment No. 3).” Legislation. https://www.loc.gov/item/global-legal-monitor/2023-10-24/israel-legislation-abolishes-reasonableness-as-a-standard-for-judicial-review-of-governments-decisions/. Retrieved via Tayyar, June 21, 2026.

BibTeXLaTeX / Zotero / reference managers

@misc{tayyar-bill-reasonableness-law,
  title     = {{Reasonableness Standard Law — Basic Law: The Judiciary (Amendment No. 3)}},
  author    = {{Knesset}},
  year      = {2023},
  date      = {2023-07-24},
  type      = {Legislation},
  url       = {https://www.loc.gov/item/global-legal-monitor/2023-10-24/israel-legislation-abolishes-reasonableness-as-a-standard-for-judicial-review-of-governments-decisions/},
  urldate   = {2026-06-21},
  note      = {Retrieved via Tayyar (https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/bills/reasonableness-law) on June 21, 2026}
}