Hebrew University

Dipl. Institut Etudes Politiques, Strasbourg (France), 1960; Licence en droit, Strasbourg, 1961;Dipl. Etudes Super. Droit Public (1962) et Dipl. Etudes Sup. Sciences Politiques (1963), Strasbourg; Docteur en droit , 1965 ( Price for the best thesis ),Strasbourg; Lecturer Strasbourg, (1965-1968);Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1968; Associate Professor, 1974, Edwin Goodman Professor for Public Law, 1983. Director, Sacher Institute for Comparative Law and Legislative research (1974-1977); Dean, 1978-1981. Dean, the College of management Law School, Tel-Aviv (1997-1999); Visiting Professor: Un. of Pennsylvania Law School (1977-78); University Paris 2 (1982); University of Southern California Law School (1986); University of Boulder Law School (1988); Cardozo Law School (1989);University of Fribourg (Switzerland,1991); Scholar in Residence, Rockefeller Foundation ,Bellagio, (1991); University of Reims, France (1994) ; Chairman, the Israeli Association for Public law, since 1995. Research interests include constitutional theory and comparative law. Recent books include: Theorie et Pratique du Pouvoir Constituant, Paris Presses Universitaires de France, 1996; La Democratie d'Israel, Le Seuil, Paris,1997; Israel, Etat en quete d'identite, Castermann, Paris, 1999.

Email: mscnielk@tms.huji.ac.il