Name Ruth Gavison | Role Law professor | |
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Awards EMET Prize in Social Sciences |
Legal and moral challenges of religious resurgence prof ruth gavison
Ruth Gavison (Hebrew: רות גביזון) (born March 28, 1945, Jerusalem) is an Israeli Law professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Her areas of research include Ethnic Conflict, the Protection of Minorities, Human Rights, Political Theory, Judiciary Law, Religion and Politics, and Israel as a Jewish and democratic state.
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- Legal and moral challenges of religious resurgence prof ruth gavison
- Professor ruth gavison at facing tomorrow 2011
- Supreme Court nomination
- Background and education
- Academic appointments
- Public committees
- Other public activities
- Awards
- References
She is a member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities.
Professor ruth gavison at facing tomorrow 2011
Supreme Court nomination
Gavison was nominated for a position on Israel's Supreme Court in 2005 but failed to secure a majority for the appointment. Justice Minister Daniel Friedmann reportedly asserted in 2007 that existing Supreme Court justices opposed her nomination because of their disagreement with her views.
Background and education
She published an essay on privacy in the Yale Law Journal, and edited a volume dedicated to H.L.A.Hart's legal philosophy published by Oxford. Recently, she published an essay about days of rest in divided societies (co-authored with Nahshon Perez), included in 'Law and Religion in Comparative Context', published by Cambridge. She is a member of the Editorial Board of the Jewish Review of Books.
Academic appointments
Public committees
Gavison was a member of numerous Israeli Public Inquiry committees, including the following:
Other public activities
Gavison was a founding member of the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) where she served for many years as Chairperson and as President from 1996 to 1999. Professor Gavison was a member of the International Commission of Jurists 1998-2008. In 2005 she founded Metzilah and is serving as it chair and founding president.