BILLS OF RIGHTS IN PARLIAMENTARY SETTINGS: NEW ZEALAND AND ISRAELI EXPERIENCE.

The article provides information on the bills of rights in Parliamentary settings in New Zealand and Israel. The history and obstacles of introducing the movement for a bill of rights in both countries are discussed. In New Zealand, former law professor Geoffrey Palmer presented the concept of a draft bill of rights into the parliamentary process, while in Israel, the movement for the bill was led by members of the academic legal profession. As a result, the proposals to enact the rights collided to some extent with the reality of an incomplete acceptance of prevailing political arrangements by ethnic minorities in both countries.