List of The Basic Laws of Israel
| Year passed | Basic Law | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1958 | The Knesset | States legislative functions of the house of representatives of the state. |
| 1960 | Israel Lands | Ensures state lands remain national property. |
| 1964 | The President of the State | Deals with status, election, qualifications, powers, and procedures of work of the President of the State. |
| 1968 | The Government | (Replaced by the 1992 law and then restored, with amendments, by the 2001 law) |
| 1975 | The State Economy | Regulates payments made by and to the State. Authority to mint currency. |
| 1976 | The Military | Upholds constitutional and legal basis for the operation of the Israel Defense Forces. Subordinates military forces to the government, deals with enlistment, and states that no extra-legal armed force outside the Israel Defense Forces may be set up or maintained. |
| 1980 | Jerusalem Law | Establishes the status of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel; secures the integrity and unity of Jerusalem; deals with holy places; secures rights of members of all religions; grants special preference with regards to development. |
| 1984 | The Judiciary | Deals with authority, institutions, principle of independence, openness, appointment, qualifications, and powers of judiciary. |
| 1988 | The State Comptroller | Deals with the powers, tasks, and duties of supervisor of government bodies, ministries, institutions, authorities, agencies, persons, and bodies operating on behalf of the state. |
| 1992 | Human Dignity and Liberty | Declares basic human rights in Israel are based on the recognition of the value of man, the sanctity of his life and the fact that he is free. Defines human freedom as right to leave and enter the country, privacy (including speech, writings, and notes), intimacy, and protection from unlawful searches of one's person or property. This law includes instruction regarding its own permanence and protection from changes by means of emergency regulations. |
| 1992 | The Government | Provides for direct election of Prime Minister at time of Knesset elections. Deals with principles of service of Prime Minister, formation and function of government, qualifications for ministers. (Replaced by the 2001 law) |
| 1992 | Basic Law: Freedom of Occupation | The law lays down the right of "every citizen or inhabitant to engage in any occupation, profession or trade" unless "a law which corresponds with the values of the State of Israel, and which was designed for a worthy end" determines otherwise. (Replaced by the 1994 law) |
| 1994 | Freedom of Occupation | Guarantees every Israel national or resident's "right to engage in any occupation, profession or trade". Any violation of this right shall be "by a law befitting the values of the State of Israel, enacted for a proper purpose, and to an extent no greater than is required." |
| 2001 | The Government | Overturns the 1992 law, and restores the 1968 system with some amendments. |
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