Prof. Amichai Cohen

Senior Lecturer in the Law School

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Prof. Amichai Cohen holds a Ph.D. in Law from Yale University, USA. He graduated with honors from the Faculty of Law, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Prof. Cohen is a researcher at the Israel Democracy Institute. In addition, he served as a visiting professor at the American University, Washington College of Law, Washington D.C.

Teaching Areas

Public international law, international humanitarian law, national security law, and the relationship between international law and state law.

Research interests

Public international law and the treatment of Israeli law, martial law, and national security law in Israel.

Selected Publications

Bureaucratic Internalization: Domestic Administrative Agencies and the Formation, Implementation and Legitimization of International Law (Yale Law School, 2003)
Israel's National Security Law: Political Dynamics and Historical Development (with Stuart A. Cohen) Routledge Press (2011)
The IDF investigates itself: Investigating suspicions of violations of war law (Policy Study No. 93, Israel Democracy Institute, 2011).
Proportionality in Asymmetrical Conflicts (Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, Dec. 2009)