Talia Fisher is the Anny and Paul Yanowicz Professor of Human Rights, and the former Vice Dean for Research at the Tel Aviv University Faculty of Law. Since joining the Faculty in 2004 she has written on Evidence Law Theory, private supply of legal institutions, empirical analysis of law, and probabilistic applications in procedural law. Fisher has been a visiting professor at the University of Toronto (2009, 2017), a fellow at the Edmond J. Safra center for Ethics at Harvard University (2013), and a visiting scholar at Harvard Law School (2003, 2010, 2013). She holds an LL.B., LL.M. and Ph.D. in law from the Hebrew University). Fisher was awarded the Shneur Zalman Cheshin Award for Academic Excellence in Law (2012) as well as the Zeltner Prize for Young Legal Scholars (2009) and the Fattal Prize for excellence in legal research (2018). She was a member of the Young Academy of Sciences and Humanities since its establishment and until 2017, as well as a member of the international Global Young Academy (GYA). She is currently a member of the academic board of the Israeli Institute for Advanced Studies.
Prof. Talia Fisher
Biography
Research Interests and Teaching
Evidence Law, Private Ordering, ADR, Negotiation Theory
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Ph.D. in Law The Faculty of Law, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem.
Thesis: "The Separation of State and Law".
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| 1998 | LL.M. The Faculty of Law, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem. |
| 1996 | LL.B. The Faculty of Law, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem. |
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Academic Appointments |
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2020-present 2018- present 2018- present 2017 2017 2016 2015-2017 2013-2014 |
Israeli Academy of Arts and Sciences’ Committee for Guidelines for Times of Crisis Member of Board of Directors of The Israeli Institute for Advanced Studies Senior Fellow, The Israel Democracy Institute Senior Fellow, Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, TAU University of Toronto Law School, Distinguished Visitor Institute for Advanced Legal Studies at Hebrew University, member of research group "The Legitimization of Modern Criminal Law" Vice Dean for Research at Faculty of Law Tel Aviv University Lab Fellow, Safra Center for Ethics, Harvard University and Visiting Scholar at Harvard Law School |
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2012-2017 2012- 2018 2011-2012 2009 2008 2009-2013 2009-2010 |
Member of The Young Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities Member of the "Global Young Academy" Visiting Scholar, Harvard Law School Visiting Professor, University of Toronto Law School “Law in the Jewish Tradition Research Group” Halpern Center Bar Ilan University Director, Taubenschlag Center for Criminal Law, Tel Aviv University Faculty of Law Member of Israel Academy of Sciences Junior Faculty Forum |
| 2004-present | Tel Aviv University Faculty of Law |
Representative Publications
“Cost Benefit Analysis in Legal Fact Finding” in Christian Dahlman, Alex Stein, and Giovanni Tuzet (eds.) "Philosophical Foundations of Evidence Law" (Oxford University Press, forthcoming 2021)
“Half the Guilt” Theoretical Inquiries in Law (forthcoming, 2021)
“Procedure in the Age of the Administrative State”, Jerusalem Review of Legal Studies (2018)
"Sense and Sensitivity" (with David Enoch) 67 Stanford Law Review 557 (2015).
"Attorney Fees in a Loser Pays System" (with Theodore Eisenberg and Issi Rosen Zvi) 162 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 1619 (2014).
"When Courts Determine Fees in a System with a Loser Pays Norm" (with Ted Eisenberg and Issi Rosen Zvi) 60 UCLA Law Review 1452-1492 (2013).
"Statistical Evidence, Sensitivity, and the Legal Value of Knowledge" (with David Enoch and Levi Spectre) 40 Philosophy & Public Affairs 197-224 (2012). (Chosen by the Philosopher’s Annual as one of the ten best articles in philosophy for 2012).
"Conviction without Conviction" 96 Minnesota Law Review pp. 833-885 (2012).
“Does the Judge Matter? Exploiting Random Assignment on a Court of Last Resort to Assess Judge and Case Selection Effects” (with Ted Eisenberg and Issi Rosen-Zvi) 9 Journal of Empirical Legal Studies pp. 246- 290 (2012).
"Constitutionalism and the Criminal Law: Rethinking Criminal Trial Bifurcation" 61 University of Toronto Law Journal pp. 811-843 (2012).
"Rights for Sale" (with Tsilly Dagan) 96 Minnesota Law Review pp. 90-141 (2011).
"Force and Freedom: Can They Co-exist? Critical Notice: Force and Freedom by Arthur Ripstein" 24 Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence pp. 387-403 (2011).
"The Confessional Penalty" (with Issi Rosen Zvi) 30 Cardozo Law Review pp. 871- 916 (2008).
(selected for the 2008 Harvard-Stanford International Junior Faculty Forum).
"Overcoming Procedural Boundaries" (with Issi Rosen Zvi) Virginia Law Review 94 pp. 79-156 (2008)
(selected for the 2007 Stanford-Yale Junior Faculty Forum).
