Alon Harel

Alon Harel

Alon Harel
Born

1957 (age 58–59)

Residence Israel
Fields Legal studies
Legal philosophy
Political philosophy
Institutions Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Alma mater Balliol College, Oxford
Yale University
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Doctoral advisor Joseph Raz

Alon Harel (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.

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.

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