Pozycja ustrojowa Knesetu w systemie konstytucyjnym współczesnego Izraela

Abstract

The article deals with the political position and the role of the Knesset, the unicameral parliament of modern Israel. In the first instance, the author presents the constitutional status of the Knesset, whose legal basis for activity includes – in the absence of a classic written constitution – the Basic Act on the Knesset from 1958. Further reflections focus on the Knesset’s place in the basic principles of the political system of the State of Israel and show the relationship between the Knesset and the executive. The author draws particular attention to the principles of conducting elections to the Knesset, the status of its members, and both its structure and operation. It also does not overlook the fundamental functions of the parliament, especially its legislative function. The concise analysis of the Knesset’s political position made here, makes it convincingly clear that the Israeli parliament has many specific features and plays a decisive role in the system of Israel’s organs of state.