Areas of expertise
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Constitutional Law
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Comparative Constitutional Law
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Constitutional Identity
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Public International Law
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Legisprudence
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Law and Revolution
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International Law of Armed Conflict
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International Human Rights Law
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Yaniv Roznai is an Associate Professor at the Harry Radzyner Law School, Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya. He holds a PhD and LL.M (Distinction) from The London School of Economics (LSE), and LLB and BA degrees (Magna cum Laude) in Law and Government from the IDC. In 2015-2016, Yaniv was a Post-Doc Fellow at the Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions, University of Haifa and at the Hauser Global Law School, New York University (NYU). In 2013, he was a visiting researcher at the Program in Law and Public Affair (LAPA), Princeton University. He was a Visiting Professor at the University of Milan in Italy, Mae Fah Luang University in Thailand, University of the Basque Country in Spain, Koç University in Turkey and Emory University in the United States.
Prof. Roznai is a Co-Chair of the Israeli Section of the International Society of Public Law (ICON-S) and an elected member of the Council of ICON-S. He is the Co-Founder of the Israeli Association of Legislation and was a Co-Chair between 2017-2020. He is an elected board member and former secretary general of the Israeli Association of Public Law. His scholarship focuses on comparative constitutional law, constitutional theory, legisprudence, and public international law. His publications appeared in journals such as The American Journal of Comparative Law, International Journal of Constitutional Law, International and Comparative Law Quarterly, Connecticut Law Review, Maryland Law Review, Michigan State Law Review, Global Constitutionalism, The Theory and Practice of Legislation, Jus Politicum, Vienna Journal on International Constitutional Law, Stanford Law and Policy Review, Wisconsin International Law Journal, European Review of Public Law, German Law Journal, Law & Ethics of Human Rights, European Journal of Law Reform, Jerusalem Review of Legal Studies, William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal.
Prof. Roznai’s research was presented in leading universities such as Yale, Harvard, Oxford, Princeton, Stanford, UC Berkeley, NYU, Texas, Cornell, Indiana, Washington University St. Louis, Hong Kong University, National University Singapore, Queen Mary, LSE, EUI, Edinburgh and Dublin. His studies were cited in decisions of the Grand Chamber of The European Court of Human Rights, The Federal Supreme Court of Brazil, The Colombian Constitutional Court, The Constitutional Court of Uganda, The Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of El Salvador, The Constitutional Court of Slovakia, The Constitutional Tribunal of Chile, The Constitutional Tribunal of Peru, Court of Appeal of Kenya and The Supreme Court of Israel.
In 2015, Prof. Roznai was awarded the 2014 Thesis Prize of the European Group of Public Law for his PhD dissertation. His book, “Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendments - The Limits of Amendment Powers” was published in 2017 with Oxford University Press – Constitutional Theory Series. In 2018 it was awarded the Inaugural International Society for Public Law (ICONS) Book Prize (and shortlisted for the Hart-SLSA Theory and History Book Prize). His book "Constitutional Revolution", co-authored with Prof. Gary Jacobsohn, was published with Yale University Press in 2020. Prof. Roznai was awarded the 2018 Israeli Association of Public Law Gorni Prize for Young Researchers, the 2019 Justice Cheshin Prize for Excellence in Legal Research for Young Researchers, and IDC Excellence in Teaching Award for 2018. He was also included in 2019 TheMarker’s list of Israel’s 40 under 40 in the category of researchers, and in 2020 was selected as 'man of the year in legal academy' by the 'Court Magazine". In 2021 Prof. Roznai was awarded the "Knight of Government Quality 2020" award, by the Movement for Quality Government in Israel.
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יניב רוזנאי, ביקורת חוקתית: התפתחות, דגמים והצעה לעיגון הביקורת השיפוטית בישראל (המכון הישראלי לדמוקרטיה, מחקר מדיניות 154, 2021).
Yaniv Roznai, ‘The Sovereign is He Who Holds Constituent Power?’, 23(3) Ethics & Politics (2021), 247-260.
Yaniv Roznai, ‘Unrevolutionary Revolution?’, 7(1) Constitutional Studies (2021), 63-76
יניב רוזנאי 'וולדרון בירושלים' פורום עיוני משפט מד (תשפ"א)
עמיחי כהן ויניב רוזנאי 'פופוליזם והדמוקרטיה החוקתית בישראל' עיוני משפט מד 170-87 (2021)
Richard Albert & Yaniv Roznai, ‘Emergency Unamendability: Limitations on Constitutional Amendment in Extreme Conditions’, 81(1) Maryland Law Review (2021), 243-256.
Gary J. Jacobsohn and Yaniv Roznai, Constitutional Revolution (Yale University Press, 2020)
David Landau, Rosalind Dixon & Yaniv Roznai, ‘From an Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendment to an Unconstitutional Constitution? Lessons from Honduras’, 8(1) Global Constitutionalism (2019), 40-70.
Yaniv Roznai, ‘Constitutional Paternalism: The Israeli Supreme Court as Guardian of the Knesset’, 51(4) Verfassung und Recht in Übersee (2018-2019) 415-436.
יניב רוזנאי ונדיב מרדכי, "על נגישותה של החקיקה" משפט וממשל י"ט (תשע"ח)
Book Review: Sofia Ranchordás, Constitutional Sunsets and Experimental Legislation, Edward Elgar 2014, 64 American Journal of Comparative Law 790-794 ( 2016).
יניב רוזנאי והלל סומר, "אם כל הזכויות": הזכות החוקתית לחיים, משפט ועסקים יט 537-626 (תשע"ו, 2016)
Yaniv Roznai, Unamendability and The Genetic Code of The Constitution, 27(2) European Review of Public Law (ERPL/REDP) 775-825 (summer/été 2015).
Yaniv Roznai and Nadiv Mordechai, Access to Justice 2.0: Access to Legislation and Beyond, 3(3) The Theory and Practice of Legislation 333-369 (2015).
יניב רוזנאי וקארין פאר פרידמן, עריכת דין מהפכנית, המשפט כ 303-344 (תשע"ה)
Yaniv Roznai, The Insecurity of Human Security, 32(1) Wisconsin International Law Journal 95-141 (2014).
Yaniv Roznai and Ido Tzang, The United Nations Human Rights Council and Israel: ‘Sour Old Wine in a New Bottle’?, 5 Human Rights & Globalization Law Review 25-55 (2013-2014).
Yaniv Roznai, Book Review: C. Harvey and A. Schwartz (eds.) Rights in Divided Societies, Hart Publishing, 2012, Public Law 153-157 (Sep. 2013).
יניב רוזנאי, חוק "רוצה להיות חופשי": פרסום חקיקה בעידן האינטרנט, הפרקליט נב 235-308 (תשע"ג)
Yaniv Roznai, The Migration of the Indian Basic Structure Doctrine, in Judicial Activism in India - A Festschrift in Honour of Justice V. R. Krishna Iyer 240-262 (Malik Lokendra ed., Universal Law Publishing Co., 2012).
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Amending ‘Unamendable’ Provisions
Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendments in the Case Study of Colombia
a video of a book launch at IDC (in Hebrew)
book-talk at the Centre for Comparative and Public Law, HKU (CCPL)
Constitutional Retrogression in Israel
על נסגנות חוקתית וחיינו הלאומיים
הרצאה באנגלית על עריכת דין מהפכנית