עברית

Prof. Amnon Lehavi

Harry Radzyner Law School J.S.D., Yale University

Provost and former Dean

Research and Teaching Expertise

Property Law
Law and Culture
Comparative Law
planning and Construction
Politics of urban area

Prof. Amnon Lehavi (J.S.D., Yale) is the Provost of Reichman University. He is the Atara Kaufman Professor of Law at the Harry Radzyner Law School and former Dean of the Law School (2016-2021). He also serves as Academic Director of the Acro Real Estate Institute at Reichman University. Prof. Lehavi served as Co-President of the Law Schools Global League (2018-2021). Prof. Lehavi is a National Correspondent for Israel at UNIDROIT (The International Institute for the Unification of Private Law) and serves as a member of UNIDROIT's Exploratory Expert Group on "Orphan Objects" (2022-2025). Prof. Lehavi has taught as a visiting professor at the University of Toronto (2010), University of California, Berkeley (2013-2014), Tilburg University (Global Law Visiting Chair, 2016), KU Leuven (2022), and has been serving as an Adjunct Professor at Luiss University, Rome, since 2023.

Prof. Lehavi is a leading authority on property, real estate, land use controls, international economic law, and law and globalization. He is the author of "Cultural Property: Law, Policy, and Markets" (Cambridge University Press, 2026), "Property Law in a Globalizing World" (Cambridge University Press, 2019), and "The Construction of Property: Norms, Institutions, Challenges" (Cambridge University Press, 2013). He is the editor of Disruptive Technology, Legal Innovation, and the Future of Real Estate (co-editor, Springer, 2020), 100 Years of Zoning and the Future of Cities (Springer, 2018), Private Communities and Urban Governance: Theoretical and Comparative Perspectives (Springer, 2016), and Gated Communities (Nevo Press, 2010).

Prof. Lehavi has published extensively in top journals, including the Columbia Law Review, Virginia Law Review, Texas Law Review, Georgetown Law Journal, Minnesota Law Review, Law and Social Inquiry, Yale Journal of International Law, Chicago Journal of International Law, and University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law. He won numerous prizes, including the Tzeltner Award for an outstanding young legal scholar, and also served as Chairperson of the Israeli Association of Private Law (2012-2013).
Cultural Property: Law, Policy, and Markets (Cambridge university Press, 2026)

A Property Theory of Ownership and Custody of Cultural Objects, The George Washington International Law Review (2025)

Globalization through the Recodification of Property Law? in Property Law Reform, Sustainability and the Commons (2024)

Property theory in A Research Agenda for Property Law (2024)

The Role of Innovation in the Globalization of Property Law in The Changing Role of Property Law: Rights, Values and Concepts (2023)

Rescaling City Property, Arkansas Law Review (2023)

From Global Databases to Global Norms? The Case of Cultural Property, University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law (2023)

Global and National Property Law: Osmosis, Antagonism, or a Middle Ground in ‘Sjef-Sache’: Essays in Honour of Prof. dr. J.H.M. (Sjef) van Erp on the Occasion of his Retirement, Bram Akkermans & Anna Berlee, eds., Maastricht Law Series 18, Eleven International Publishing (2021)

“The Law of Trusts and Collective Action: A New Approach to Property Deadlocks,” 89 University of Cincinnati Law Review 388 (2021).

“Temporary Eminent Domain,” 69 Buffalo Law Review 683 (2021).

“Global and National Property Law: Osmosis, Antagonism, or a Middle Ground?” in ‘Sjef-Sache’: Essays in Honour of Prof. dr. J.H.M. (Sjef) van Erp on the Occasion of his Retirement, Bram Akkermans & Anna Berlee, eds., Maastricht Law Series 18, Eleven International Publishing 85-103 (2021).

Disruptive Technology, Legal Innovation and the Future of Real Estate, Editor (with Ronit Levine-Schnur). Springer (2020).

“The Future of Property Rights: Digital Technology in the Real World,” in Disruptive Technology, Legal Innovation and the Future of Real Estate, pp. 59-79, Amnon Lehavi & Ronit Levine-Schnur, eds., Springer (2020).

Property Law in a Globalizing World (Cambridge University Press, 2019). Monograph. 295 pages.

One Hundred Years of Zoning and the Future of Cities. Editor (Springer, 2018)

“The Missing Link in the Evolution of Zoning,” in 100 Years of Zoning and the Future of Cities, pp. 51-73, Amnon Lehavi, ed., Springer (2018).

"Re-romanticizing Commons and Community in Israeli Discourse: Social, Economic, and Political Motives," 19 Theoretical Inquiries in Law 671 (2018)

"Globalizing Property Law: An Institutional Analysis," 50 Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law 1173 (2017)

"Zoning and Market Externalities," 44 Fordham Urban Law Journal 36 (2017)

"Land Law and the Limits on the Right to Property: Historical, Comparative and International Analysis," 6(1) European Property Law Journal 4 (2017) (with Yigit Sayin, Bertil Emrah Oder, Murat Onok, Domenico Francavilla, Victor Torre de Silva and R. Sudarshan)

“Land Law in the Age of Globalization and Land Grabbing,” in Comparative Property Law: Global Perspectives, pp. 290-310, Michele Graziadei & Lionel Smith (eds.), Edward Elgar Press, 2017.

“Culture, Property Rights, and the Market Economy: On Legal Reform and Cultural Change,” 20 Israel Journal of Law & Business 129 (2017) (Hebrew)

"The Culture of Private Law," 45 Real Estate Law Journal 35 (2016).

Private Communities and Urban Governance: Theoretical and Comparative Perspectives. Editor (Springer 2016)

"Residential Communities in a Heterogeneous Society: The Case of Israel," in Private Communities and Urban Governance: Theoretical and Comparative Perspectives, pp. 95-125, Amnon Lehavi (ed.), Springer (2016).

"Property and Secrecy," Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Journal 382 (2016).

"Law, Collective Action, and Culture: Condominium Governance in Comparative Perspective," 23(2) Asia-Pacific Law Review 5 (2015).

“Unbundling Harmonization: Public versus Private Law Strategies to Globalize Property,” 15 Chicago Journal of International Law 452 (2015).

"Concepts of Power: Majority Control and Accountability in Private Legal Organizations,” 8 Virginia Law & Business Review 1 (2014)

The Construction of Property: Norms, Institutions, Challenges (Cambridge University Press, 2013). Monograph. 351 pages.

"Property Rights in an Era of Global Finance,” Handbook of Key Global Financial Markets, Institutions, and Infrastructure, G. Caprio, editor, Vol. I, 547-56 (Elsevier, 2013)

“Judicial Review of Judicial Lawmaking,” 96 Minnesota Law Review 520 (2011)

"BITs and Pieces of Property," 36 Yale Journal of International Law 115 (2011) (with Amir Licht).

“Prime Property Institutions for a Subprime Era: Toward Innovative Models of Homeownership,” 8 Berkeley Business Law Journal 1 (2011) (with Benito Arruñada)

Editor and Contributor, Gated Communities in Israel, Law, Culture and Society Book Series, Tel-Aviv University Press and Nevo Press (2010).

“The Dynamic Law of Property: Theorizing the Role of Legal Standards,” 42 Rutgers Law Journal 81 (2010)

"Is Law Unbounded? Property Rights and Control of Social Groupings," 35 Law and Social Inquiry 517 (2010).

“The Taking/Taxing Taxonomy,” 88 Texas Law Review 1235 (2010).

“The Global Law of the Land,” 81 University of Colorado Law Review 425 (2010).

“How Property Can Create, Maintain, or Destroy Community,” 10 Theoretical Inquiries in Law 43 (2009).

“Mixing Property,” 38 Seton Hall Law Review 137 (2008).

“The Property Puzzle,” 96 Georgetown Law Journal 1987 (2008).

“Eminent Domain, Inc.,” 107 Columbia Law Review 1704 (2007) (with Amir Licht).

“Squaring the Eminent Domain Circle: A New Approach to Land Assembly Problems,” 19(1) Land Lines 14 (2007) (with Amir Licht).

“Intergovernmental Liability Rules,” 92 Virginia Law Review (2006) 929.

“The Public Domain of Private Property,” 10 Isr. J. Law & Government (2006) 619.

“Inverse Condemnations and Nuisances in an Era of Regulation,” 4 Isr. J. of Law & Business 155 (2006).

“Use of Eminent Domain for Profitable Projects: A Proposal for a Corporate Model,” 29 Tel-Aviv U. L. Rev. 99 (2005) (with Amir Licht).

“New Residential Communities in Israel: Between Privatization and Exclusion,” 2 Haifa U. L. Rev. 63 (2005).

“Property Rights and Local Public Goods: Toward a Better Future for Urban Communities ,” 36 Urban Law. 1 (2004).

“Judicial Review of Administrative Decisions: Ex Ante Guidance or Ex Post Wisdom?” in Judicial Review in Comparative German-Israeli Perspective 72 (D. Olzen and S. Schwarz eds., 2004).

“Discreet Actions, Happy Ends? On Harmony and Secrecy in Criminal Law,” 10 Isr. J. of Criminal Law 9 (2002).