ORI J. HERSTEIN
The Faculty of Law, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mt. Scopus, Jerusalem 91905, Israel
e-mail: [email protected]
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Faculty of Law
 S E N I O R L E CT U R E R (Ass ociate-Professor), 2014 – present.
King’s College London, Dickson Poon School of Law
 S E N I O R L E CT U R E R (Ass ociate-Professor), 2015 – present.
o Part time.
 L E CT U R E R (Assistant-Professor), 2012 – 2015.
o Part time as of 2014.
FIXED-TERM APPOINTMENTS , FELLOWSHIPS and VISITS
Peking University School of Transnational Law
 VISITING PROFESSOR, April 2014.
Cornell University Law School
 V I S I T I N G A S S I STA N T P R O F ES S O R , May 2010 – July 2012.
Columbia University Law School
 A S S OCI AT E - I N -L AW , August 2005 – June 2007.
EDUCATION
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
DOCTOR OF THE SCIENCE OF LAW (J.S.D.), 2008.
 Dissertation Advisor: Professor Joseph Raz
MASTER OF LAWS, 2004.
 James Kent Scholar
TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY
BACHELOR OF LAWS, 2001.
 Dean’s List & Graduated magna cum laude
BACHELOR DEGREE, PHILOSOPHY, 2001.
 Graduated magna cum laude
GRADUATE STUDIES IN PHILOSOPHY, 2001-2003.
PUBLICATIONS
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“Law and Authority Under the Guise of the Good”, MIND (forthcoming 2016) (book review).
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“How Tort Law Empowers,” 65(1) UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO LAW JOURNAL 99-132 (2015).
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“A Legal Right to Do Legal Wrong,” 34(1) OXFORD JOURNAL OF LEGAL STUDIES 21-45 (2014).
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“Responsibility in Negligence: Discussion of From Normativity to Responsibility,” 8(1) JERUSALEM
REVIEW OF LEGAL STUDIES 167-184 (2014) (contribution to symposium on Joseph Raz’s FROM
NORMATIVITY TO RESPONSIBILITY (2011)).
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“Why Nonexistent People Do Not Have Zero Well-Being but Rather No Well-Being,” 30(2) JOURNAL
OF APPLIED PHILOSOPHY 136-145 (2013).
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“Defending the Right to Do Wrong,” 31(3) LAW AND PHILOSOPHY 343-365 (2012).
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“A Normative Theory of the Clean Hands Defense,” 17(3) LEGAL THEORY 171-208 (2011).
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“Responsibility in Negligence: Why the Duty of Care is Not a Duty to Try,” 23(2) CANADIAN JOURNAL
OF LAW & JURISPRUDENCE 403-428 (2010).
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“Justifying Subversion,” 18 BUFFALO JOURNAL OF GENDER, LAW & SOCIAL POLICY 43-73 (2010).
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“The Identity and (Legal) Rights of Future Generations,” 77(5/6) GEORGE WASHINGTON LAW REVIEW
1173-1215 (2009) (Symposium contribution)
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“Historic Injustice, Group Membership and Harm to Individuals: Defending Claims for Historic
Justice from the Non-Identity Problem,” 25 HARVARD LAW SCHOOL JOURNAL ON RACIAL & ETHNIC JUSTICE
(formerly HARVARD BLACKLETTER LAW JOURNAL) 229-276 (2009).
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“Historic Injustice and the Non-Identity Problem: The Limitations of the Subsequent-Wrong
Solution and Towards a New Solution,” 27(5) LAW AND PHILOSOPHY 505-531 (2008).
ACADEMIC SERVICES & PROFESSION
PEER REVIEWER
 Journals: European Journal of Risk Regulation; Journal of Applied Philosophy; Journal of Moral
Philosophy; Oxford Journal of Legal Studies; Law and Philosophy; Legal Theory; Mind; Mishpatim;
Philosophical Papers; Philosophical Studies; Ratio Juris; Social Theory and Practice.
 Books: Oxford University Press.
EDITORIAL DUTIES
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Co-Editor, The Jerusalem Review of Legal Studies (Oxford University Press) (March/2016 - )
Editor, Faculty Blog, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Law Faculty (04/2015 - )
Editor, SSRN E-Journal, Hebrew University Law Faculty (02/2015 - )
Editor, SSRN E-Journal, King’s College London Law School (8/2013 - )
ORGANIZATION OF ACAD EMIC MEETINGS
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CO-FOUNDING DIRECTOR, KJURIS: KING’S LEGAL PHILOSOPHY WORKSHOP, 2012 – present.
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/law/c-ppl/philo-workshops/index.aspx
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ORGANIZER. SYMPOSIUM: ARTHUR RIPSTEIN’S ‘PRIVATE WRONGS,’ to be held in Jerusalem. Two-day affair
with five international commentators including Ripstein. Papers to be published in the Jerusalem
Review of Legal Studies. (06/2016).
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ORGANIZER. SYMPOSIUM ON JOHN GARDNER’S FORTHCOMING BOOK (TITLE ‘TBD’), to be held in Jerusalem.
Two-day affair with five international commentators including Gardner. Papers to be published in
the Jerusalem Review of Legal Studies. (06/2016).
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ORGANIZER. SYMPOSIUM ON ‘THE MORALITY OF FREEDOM – THIRTY YEARS TO ITS PUBLICATION,’ to be held
in Jerusalem. Two-day affair with nine international commentators including Joseph Raz. Papers to
be published in the Jerusalem Review of Legal Studies. (05/2016).
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CO-ORGANIZER. THE 2015 ANNUAL UK ANALYTIC AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY CONFERENCE (UK ALPPC),
held in London (09/2015). Invitation-only annual conference.
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ORGANIZER AND HOST: KJURIS DISTINGUISHED GUESTS PROGRAM (Week-long visits):
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Michael Ignatieff (March, 2014) & Stephen Darwall (February, 2014)
ORGANIZER: SYMPOSIUM ON JOSEPH RAZ’S ‘FROM NORMATIVITY TO RESPONSIBILITY’, held in London. Papers
published in the Jerusalem Review of Legal Studies. (02/2013).
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PRACTICE EXPERIENCE
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, New York, NY
 L I T I G AT I O N A S S OCI AT E , 2008 – 2010.
 S U M M E R A S S OCI AT E , 2007.
The Honorable Judge Dr. Drora Pilpel, Tel Aviv Circuit Court, Israel
 A RT I C L E D C L E R K , 2001 – 2002.
Bar Memberships
 THE STATE OF NEW YORK BAR, admitted 2008.
 ISRAEL BAR, admitted 2003.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
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Various Courses on the Law of Tort (LL.B. & JD)
Various Courses in jurisprudence and in political philosophy (LL.B., LL.M. & JD)
PRESENTATIONS
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"tbd," Annual U.K. Analytic Legal and Political Philosophy Conference (UKALPPC), held that year at the
University of Manchester, September 2016.
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“No One is Perfect: Responsibility for Negligence,” Private Law Theory Workshop, Tel Aviv University
(April, 2016)
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“No One is Perfect: Responsibility for Negligence”, Workshop on: Negligence, Omissions and
Responsibility, held at University of Birmingham (March 2016).
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“Standing to Give Reasons,” Hebrew University of Jerusalem Private Law Workshop (June 2015).
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“Ad Hominem Law,” The Israel Judiciary: Conference on Philosophy and the Law for judges, (April
2015).
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“Standing to Give Reasons,” Analytic Legal Philosophy Conference (ALPC) (Oxford, May 2014).
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“Standing in Morality,” King’s College London Legal Philosophy Workshop (March 2014).
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“The Corrective Justice Argument Against the Corrective Justice Account of Tort Law,” Workshop Hosted
By Professor John Gardner held at Nottingham University (February 2014).
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“Standing in Morality,” Workshop on Law, Morality and the State, Tel Aviv University Law School
(February 2014).
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“A Legal Right to Do Legal Wrong,” Oxford Jurisprudence Discussion Group (October 2013).
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“Responsibility in Negligence,” Symposium on Joseph Raz’s From Normativity to Responsibility, Held in
London by the Jerusalem Review of Legal Studies (February 2013).
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“How Tort Law Empowers,” Conference on Moral Values and Private Law II, King’s College London
School of Law (December 2012).
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“A Legal Right to Do Legal Wrong,” Staff Seminar, King’s College London School of Law Faculty Seminar
(November 2012).
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“Why Nonexistent People do not have Zero Well-Being but Rather No Well-Being at All,” Center of Law
and Medical Ethics Seminar, King’s College London (October 2012).
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“A Normative Theory of the Clean Hands Defense,” London School of Economics (LSE), Department of
Law (March 2012).
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“A Normative Theory of the Clean Hands Defense,” Hebrew University at Jerusalem, Law School, Faculty
Workshop (January 2012).
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“A Normative Theory of the Clean Hands Defense,” Bar Ilan University, Law School, Faculty Workshop
(January 2012).
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“A Normative Theory of the Clean Hands Defense,” Haifa University, Law school, Faculty Workshop
(January 2012).
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“A Normative Theory of the Clean Hands Defense,” Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya (IDC) Law School,
Faculty Workshop (Israel) (January 2012).
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“A Legal Right to Do Legal Wrong,” Public Lecture, Peking University School of Transnational Law
(December 2011).
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“A Legal Right to Do Legal Wrong,” William and Mary Law School: Private Law Theory Discussion Group
(October 2011).
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“A Normative Theory of the Clean Hands Defense,” Hebrew University at Jerusalem: Law and Philosophy
Workshop (March 2011).
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“Responsibility in Negligence: Why the Duty of Care is Not a Duty to Try,” Cornell University Law School,
Faculty Workshop (January 2010).
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“The Identity and (Legal) Rights of Future Generations,” George Washington University Law School: G.W.
L. R. Symposium (October 2008).
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