Prof. Ariel Porat

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Prof. Ariel Porat
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Biography

Ariel Porat is the Alain Poher Professor of Law, and the president of  Tel Aviv University (2019-present). He is a member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and the EMET Prize Laureate (2014). In 2002-2006, he was the Dean of Tel Aviv University Faculty of Law.

 

From 2003 until his appointment as the president of the university, he was also an Associate Member and Fischel-Neil Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law at the University of Chicago. In addition, he was a Visiting Professor at the Universities of Berkeley, Columbia, New York, Stanford, Toronto and Virginia.

 

He is a member of the American Law Institute, a former board member of the American Law and Economics Association and a former president of the Israeli Law and Economics Association. From 1997-2002, he was the Director of the Cegla Center for Interdisciplinary Research of the Law.

 

He is the founder of the journal Theoretical Inquiries in Law and was its editor in chief in the years 1999-2003. He is the author of several books including Tort Liability under Uncertainty (Oxford University Press, 2001) (with Alex Stein), Getting Incentives Right (Princeton University Press, 2014) (with Robert Cooter) and Personalized Law: Different Rules for Different People (Oxford University Press, 2021) (with Omri Ben-Shahar).

 

He also authored numerous articles mainly in torts and contracts, most recently "The Restoration Remedy in Private Law" 119 Columbia Law Review 1901 (2018) (with Omri Ben-Shahar); "Limited Inalienability Rules," 107 Georgetown Law Journal 701 (2019) (with Stephen Sugarman); "Personalizing Mandatory Rules in Contract Law" 86 University of Chicago Law Review 255 (2019) (with Omri Ben-Shahar); "Free Speech and Cheap Talk" 11 Journal of Legal Analysis 46 (2019) (with Daniel Hemel), “Disclosures Rules in Contract Law” 49 Journal of Legal Studies 103 (2020) (with O. Bar-Gill) and “Tort Liability and the Risk of Discriminatory Government” 87 University of Chicago Law Review 1 (2020) (with Ehud Guttel). 

Research Interests and Teaching

Torts, Contracts, Remedies

CV

Education

1979-1983

LL.B. (magna cum laude), Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University
(first in a class of 105)

1983-1985

LL.M. Studies, Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University

1986-1989

J.S.D. (direct course for the degree of JSD)
Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University

1989-1990

Visiting Scholar (Post Doctorate Studies)
Yale Law School, New Haven, U.S.A.

 

Professional Experience

2014-present

Member of the Israeli Academy of Sciences

2008-2011

Board Member of the American Law & Economics Association

2002-2003

President of the Israeli Law and Economics Association

2005-present

Member of the American Law Institute

 

Tel Aviv University

2019-present

President

2013-2014

Head of the University Strategic Steering Committee

2006-2010

Member of the University Appointment Committee

 

Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University

2002-2006

Dean

2006-present

Incumbent, The Alain Poher Chair in Private Law

2001- present

Full Professor

1997-2002

Director of the Cegla Center for Interdisciplinary Research of the Law

1999-2003

Founder and Editor in Chief, Theoretical Inquiries in Law

1997-2001

Associate Professor

1993-1997

Senior Lecturer with tenure

1990-1993

Lecturer

 

University of Chicago 

2003-2019

Fischel-Neil Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law (annual visits)

 

Stanford University​

2016 (F)

Visiting Professor of Law

 

New York University

2010 (F)

Global Visiting Professor of Law

 

Columbia University​

2005 (F), 2007 (F), 2017 (F)

Visiting Professor of Law

 

University of Southen California 

Sep. 2007

Distinguished Visiting Professor (One week visit)

 

University of Virginia 

2004 (F)

Visiting Professor of Law

 

Berkeley University 

1998-1999, 2017 (F)

Visiting Professor of Law

 

University of Toronto

2015 (F)

Visiting Professor of Law

 

Gujarat National Law University, India

2014 

Visiting Professor (one week visit)

 

Bucerius Law School, Germany 

2017 (Sum)

Visiting Professor (one week visit)

 

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Prizes and Distinctions

2020  The European Law and Economics Association Award for Lifetime Achievements in Law and Economics

2014  The EMET Prize

2014  Lifetime membership in the Israel Academy of Sciences

2012  Zeltner Prize for Academic Excellence

2010  Chesin Prize for Academic Excellence

1991  Zusman Prize for Junior Faculty

Representative Publications

Books

 

Personalized Law: Different Rules for Different People (Oxford University Press, 2021) (with O. Ben-Shahar).

 

Getting Incentives Right - Improving Torts, Contracts, and Restitution (Princeton University Press, 2014) (with R. Cooter)

 

Tort Liability under Uncertainty (Oxford University Press, 2001) (with A. Stein)

 

Articles

 

Tort Liability and the Risk of Discriminatory Government” 87 University of Chicago Law Review 1 (2020) (with E. Guttel).

 

 “Disclosures Rules in Contract Law” 49 Journal of Legal Studies 103 (2020) (with O. Bar-Gill). 

 

Free Speech and Cheap Talk” 11 Journal of Legal Analysis 46 (2019) (with D. Hemel).

 

Personalizing Mandatory Rules in Contract Law” 86 University of Chicago Law Review 255 (2019) (with O. Ben-Shahar).

 

Limited Inalienability Rules” 107 Georgetown Law Journal 701 (2019) (with S. Sugarman).

 

The Restoration Remedy in Private Law” 118 Columbia Law Review 1901 (2018) (with O. Ben-Shahar).

 

"Can Resitution Save Fragile Spiderless Networks?" 8 Harvard Business Law Review 1 (2018) (with R.E. Scott).

 

"Unbundling Efficient Breach: An Experiment" 14 Journal of Empirical Legal Studies 527 (2017) (with M. Bigoni, S. Bortolotti and F. Parisi)

 

"Personalizing Negligence Law" 91 NYU Law Review 627 (2016) (with O. Ben-Shahar).

 

"Disgorgement Damages for Accidents" 44 Journal of Legal Studies 249 (2015) (with R. Cooter)

 

"Offsetting Benefits" 100 Virginia Law Review 1165 (2014) (with E. Posner).

 

"Personalizing Default Rules and Disclosure with Big Data" 112 Michigan Law Review 1417 (2014) (with L. Strahilevitz).

 

"Harm-Benefit Interactions" 16 American Law & Economics Review 86 (2014) (with O. Bar-Gill)

 

"Asymmetries and Incentives in Plea Bargaining and Evidence Production" 122 Yale Law Journal 690 (2012) (with S. Levmore)

 

"Aggregation and Law"  122 Yale Law Journal 2 (2012) (with E. Posner)

 

"Misalignments in Tort Law" 121 Yale Law Journal 82 (2011)

 

"Bargaining with Double Jeopardy" 40 Journal of Legal Studies 273 (2011) (with S. Levmore)

 

"Commensurability and Agency: Two Yet-To-Be-Met Challenges for Law and Economics" 96 Cornell Law Review 749 (2011) (with A. Harel)

 

"Willingness to Pay, Death, Wealth, and Damages" 13 American Law and Economics Review 45 (2011) (with A. Tabbach)

 

"Private Production of Public Goods: Liability for Unrequested Benefits" 108 Michigan Law Review 189 (2009)

 

"A Comparative Fault Defense in Contract Law" 107 Michigan Law Review 1397 (2009)

 

 

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