Dr. Yaacov Ben-Shemesh is a lecturer in the Ono Law School, and serves as a
legal assistant to the Chief Justice of the Israeli Supreme Court, Prof.
Aharon Barak. He has received his LL.B and LL.M from the Hebrew University
Faculty of Law, and his Ph.D in political philosophy from the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His areas of research include: political
philosophy, critical approaches to the law, constitutional law, and
administrative law.

His publications include: "Neutrality without Autonomy"
(24 Law and Philosophy, 2005); Religion and the Democratic Tradition, 30
Social Theory and Practice 2004); Law and Internal Cultural Conficts, 1 LEHR (2007); The Power of Nationalism and the Limits of Philosophical Argumentation [Review Essay] Mishpat Umimshal 10; Constitutional Rights, Immigration, and Demography, Mishpat Umimshal 10

Email: ybs@email.unc.edu