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Prof. Benjamin Shmueli is an Associate Professor at Bar-Ilan University law school, Israel, formerly a Senior Research Scholar at Yale Law School (2013-15) and a Visiting Professor at Duke Law School (2006-08). He is the President of ILSA – Israeli Law & Society Association. He is the founder, and formerly the Editor-in-Chief, of an Israeli peer-reviewed law review and also directed the Center for Commercial Law at Bar-Ilan University. His research interests are tort law, intrafamilial tort and contract actions, law and religion, domestic violence, parent-child relations, comparative law, and Jewish Law. His book, Maimonides and Contemporary Tort Theory: Law, Religion, Economics, and Morality (2020), co-authored with Prof. Yuval Sinai, has been published recently in Cambridge University Press. See https://www.cambridge.org/il/academic/subjects/law/tort-law/maimonides-and-contemporary-tort-theory-law-religion-economics-and-morality?format=HB. Prof. Shmueli has published over 50 articles in the US, Canada, UK, and Israel. He won a few grants and prizes, among them: ISF—Israel Science Foundation, The Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture, Israel Institute Research Grant, Schusterman Foundation, and Riklis Prize for studies in Jewish law.

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 1 - No Poverty
  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
  • SDG 5 - Gender Equality
  • SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
  • SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Education/Academic qualification

PhD, Bar-Ilan University

… → Jan 2005

Award Date: 1 Jan 2005

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