Alon Harel
Alon Harel (Hebrew: אלון הראל, born 1957) is a law professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where he holds the Phillip P. Mizock & Estelle Mizock Chair in Administrative and Criminal Law. He was educated at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Yale University, and Balliol College, Oxford (where he earned a D.Phil. in legal philosophy with a dissertation supervised by Joseph Raz). He has been a visiting professor at Columbia University, Harvard University, the University of Toronto, the University of Texas at Austin, and the University of Chicago.
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| Born | 1957 (age 62–63) |
| Alma mater | Balliol College, Oxford Yale University Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
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| Fields | Legal studies Legal philosophy Political philosophy |
| Institutions | Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| Doctoral advisor | Joseph Raz |
Harel writes on political philosophy, jurisprudence, criminal law, constitutional law, and law and economics. His articles often undertake philosophical and legal issues of contemporary political relevance. In a recent article (co-authored with Yuval Eylon), Harel defends judicial review on the grounds of a "right to a hearing", which, as a participatory right, does not conflict with the right to equal democratic participation.
A leading advocate of Israeli human rights in Israel, Harel has served on the Board of Directors of the Association for Civil Rights in Israel, and submitted a Brief on Behalf of Conscientious Objectors to the Israeli Supreme Court. He often publishes op-ed pieces in Israeli newspapers.
Harel is the founder and editor of the journal Jerusalem Review of Legal Studies, together with David Enoch.
In 2015, Harel drew criticism for degrading a right-wing student on his Facebook page, tagging her in a post and suggesting that she "return to first grade civics lessons." The student also said that Harel sent her a personal Facebook message at 2:00am informing her of the post that he wrote.[1]
His Book
- Alon Harel, Why Law Matters, Oxford Legal Philosophy, 256 pages, 2014.
- Alon Harel, Wozu Recht: Rechte, Staat und Verfassung im Kontext moderner Gesellschaften, Verlag Karl Alber; Aus dem Englischen von Veit Friemert, Februar 2018. ISBN 978-3495489383
Selected publications
- ——— (1994), "Efficiency and Fairness in Criminal Law: The Case for a Criminal Law Principle of Comparative Fault", California Law Review, 82 (5): 1181–1229, doi:10.2307/3480909, JSTOR 3480909.
- ———; Parchomovsky, Gideon (1999), "On Hate and Equality", Yale Law Journal, 109 (3): 507–539, doi:10.2307/797410, JSTOR 797410.
- ———; Segal, Uzi (1999), "Criminal law and behavioral law and economics: observations on the neglected role of uncertainty in deterring crime", American Law and Economics Review, 1 (1): 276–312, doi:10.1093/aler/1.1.276.
- ———; Bar-Gill, Oren (2001), "Crime Rates and Expected Sanctions: The Economics of Deterrence Revisited", Journal of Legal Studies, 30 (2): 485–502, CiteSeerX 10.1.1.629.9747, doi:10.1086/322055.
- ———; Eylon, Yuval (2006), "The Right to Judicial Review", Virginia Law Review, 92 (5): 991–1022, archived from the original on 16 July 2011, retrieved 20 February 2010.
References
External links
- Harel's homepage at the Hebrew University
- Judah, Ben, "The dignity of the human in Israel: interview with Alon Harel", The Alligator Online, 2 February 2009
- Why Law Matters, in Oxford Legal Philosophy
- Will Baude, Book Review: ‘Why Law Matters,’ by Alon Harel, The Washington Post, 6 November 2014
- Barbara Baum Levenbook, Alon Harel Why Law Matters, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, 6 October 2015
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