Moshe Cohen-Eliya is the founder and editor-in-chief of the journal Law & Ethics of Human Rights (Berkeley Electronic Press) http://www.bepress.com/lehr and a senior lecturer at the Academic Center for Law and Business. He graduated from the Hebrew University, magna cum laude (1993); earned my LL.D. from the Hebrew University (direct track for outstanding candidates) (2000); and did his post-doctorate at Harvard law school as a fellow with the Human Rights Program (2002-2003). Moshe worked as a lawyer for the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (1994-1999) during this period he appeared before the Israeli Supreme Court in major constitutional cases.

Among his publications: Advertisements, Stereotypes and Freedom of Expression Journal of Social Philosophy, June 2004, vol. 35, iss. 2, pp. 165-187(23) (co-authored with Yoav Hammer); An Argument from Democracy against School Choice: A Critique of Zelman v. Simmons-Harris 49 Loyola L.Rev. 859-916 (2003) (co-authored with Yoav Hammer); Formal and Substantive Meanings of Proportionality in the Supreme Court's Decision regarding the Security Fence 38 Israel L.Rev. 262 (2005); Discrimination against Arabs in Israel in Public Accommodations 36 NYU Journal of International Law and Politics 717 (2004); Self Defending Democracy and Democratic Education in Ultra-Orthodox Jews Schools 11 Law and Government 367 (2008) (Hebrew). His recent article American Balancing and German Proportionality: The Historical Origins (co-authored with Dr. Iddo Porat) was chosen to be presented in the inaugural meeting of the Harvard-Stanford International Junior Faculty Forum (October 2008).

Areas of Interests
Judicial Review in Deeply-Divided Societies; Global Constitutionalism; Human Rights; the Right to Education; Antidiscrimination Laws; Freedom of Expression; Multiculturalism.