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Global & Senior Global Research Fellows
Academic Year 2007-2008
Dr. Joseph David
Berkowitz Fellow
Dr. Joseph (Yossi) David has received a B.A. in philosophy and Jewish history from the Open University and a LL.B. from Bar Ilan University, Israel. His M.A. and Ph.D. are in philosophy and Jewish thought from the Hebrew University, Israel. He is the editor of The State of Israel: Between Judaism and Democracy (Israel Democracy Institute, 2003), and Questioning Dignity: Human Dignity as Supreme Modern Value, (Magnes Press, 2006). He is also the author of the forthcoming Between Logos and Nomos – Studies in Jewish Comparative Jurisprudence. Professor David's research and teaching have focused on various topics in the Jewish legal tradition from historical and jurisprudential perspective. His recent studies have focused on Jewish-Islamic comparative theories of adjudication (judicial analogy and judicial error), epistemology of law in pre-modern legal systems (memory and transmission), nature and law, violence and ethics of weapons of mass destruction. He has published numerous articles and book chapters, including articles in Ratio Juris and The Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence. His research proposal is entitled "Legal Imagination and Religious Identity in Jewish and Islamic Jurisprudential Thought."