Legally Speaking: Aharon Barak
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Aharon Barak was chief justice of the Israeli Supreme Court from 1995 to 2006, and in that role championed what he called a "constitutional revolution." In this wide ranging conversation with California Lawyer editor Martin Lasden, he talks about torture, the death penalty, Arab-Israeli rights, and his own experiences as a Holocaust survivor. Series: "Legally Speaking" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 23219]
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