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9/20 - 9/23/2005 Israeli Scholars to Participate in Faculty Exchange at Northwestern Law

Legal scholars from Tel Aviv University Faculty of Law in Israel will visit Northwestern Law for a faculty exchange conference, September 20-23.

Seven papers will be presented on various topics, ranging from copyrights in the Arab world to liberal justifications for a Jewish state, to racial profiling, and to euthanasia in 19th century America. Northwestern Law professors Stephen Presser, Andrew Koppelman, Ronen Avraham, Matthew Sag, John McGinnis, and Janice Nadler will also be participating as commentators. Yoram Margalioth, a senior lecturer at Tel Aviv University, is also a visiting professor at the Law School this year. He will be presenting a paper titled "On Terror, Drugs, and Racial Profiling."

Professor Avraham organized the conference, which is supported by the Melvin and Joyce Stillman Fund. Nina G. Stillman (JD '73) established the fund in 1997 in honor of her parents. The fund annually helps support international programs at the Law School, specifically those benefiting faculty exchange relationships with Israel.

Conference Papers (pdf)

Yishai Blank, Tuesday, Sept. 20
The City and the World

Shai Lavi, Wednesday, Sept. 21
The Modern Art of Dying: Euthanasia and the Changing Laws of the Deathbed

Chaim Gans, Wednesday, Sept. 21
The Concept of a Jewish State

Ofer Grosskopf, Thursday, Sept. 22
Regulating Contract Formation: Pre-Contractual Reliance, Sunk Costs and Market Structure

Amir H. Khoury, Thursday, Sept. 22
"Measuring the Immeasurable" -- The Effects of Trademark Regimes: A Case Study for Arab Countries

Ron Harris, Friday, Sept. 23
Bankruptcy Policy in Light of Manipulation in Credit Advertising