A Communication

Dr. Likhovski's interesting article (see this issue, pp. 61-9) attempts two things: to predict, and to present a theoretical thesis. He predicts that the adoption in Israel of a Constitution which would be the supreme law of the land "is most unlikely". His thesis is to the effect that the doctrine of parliamentary sovereignty in the British sense of preventing the legislature from binding itself or its successors obtains in Israel and that therefore such a Constitution, even if adopted, would hardly be binding on the Knesset and the courts. Whether his prediction is correct, the future will tell. But the thesis which, if accepted, will improve the chances of the prophecy, cannot go unchallenged.