Prof.
Benny
Porat
Associate Professor
Director of the Israel Matz Institute for Jewish Law
Joseph (J.T.) Tanenbaum Chair in Jewish Law
Education
1999 B.A. (cum laude), The Faculty of Humanities, The Open University of Israel
2002 M.A. (cum laude), The Faculty of Humanities, The Hebrew University
2009 LL.D. (summa cum laude), Faculty of Law, The Hebrew University
2010 Halbert Post-Doctoral Fellow, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto
Representative publications
'Ownership and Exclusivity: Two Visions, Two Traditions', 64 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE LAW, 147-190 (2016)
'Good Faith: A Conceptual Comparative Study', 45 MISHPATIM 603-651 (2016)
'The Philosophy of Jewish Law: A Methodological Reflection', 30 DIN? ISRAEL 179-213 (2015)
'Lethal Self Defense against a Rapist and the Challenge of Proportionality: Jewish Law Perspective', 26 COLUMBIA JOURNAL OF GENDER AND LAW 123- 181 (2013)