Dr. David Schorr
Tamara Lev
Supervisor/s
Biography
Tamara Lotner Lev is a PhD. Candidate at the Zvi Meitar Center for Advanced Legal Studies. Tamara Holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Law and Latin American Studies from the Hebrew University (magna cum laude), and M.A in Public Policy from Tel Aviv University (magna cum laude). Her academic fields of interest are the triangle of law, environment and energy, and the wider arenas of policy and regulation relating to them. Her current research, under the supervision of Dr. David Schorr, concerns the environmental regulation on offshore drilling industry. Her thesis research dealt with civil liability and insurance for environmental damages from offshore oil and gas industry, and its conclusions were published in a policy paper and were presented in conferences. During 2012-13 she was a researcher at the Law and Environment Program in TAU faculty of law. She is currently teaching in the Academic Center for Law and Business. Tamara previously worked as a lawyer, as a legal reporter for a big economic newspaper, and led several environmental business projects.
Research Interests
Environmental law, regulation and policy
Energy law and policy
Oil and Gas Law
Maritime Law
Environmental Ethics
Environmental Economics
Environmental and Society
Theories of regulation
Institutional Analysis
Comparative Analysis
CV
Education
B.A., LLB. Law and Latin American Studies, The Hebrew University (magna cum laude, 2001)
M.A . Public Policy, Tel Aviv University (magna cum laude, 2005)
Summer Studies, Environmental Economic, London School of Economics (2009)
Academic and Professional Experience
Researcher, Law and Environment Program in TAU faculty of law (2012-13).
Teaching: Environmental Regulation of Oil and Gas Resources, Academic Center for Law and Business (2014, 2015)
Teaching Assistant: Prof. Guy Pesach, Prof. Israel Drori
Research Assistant: Prof. David Krezchmer, Prof. Gila Menahem
Publications
Who's to Blame? Gaps in Tort Liability for Environmental Damage from Offshore Drilling, 5 Ecology and Environment (With David Schorr) (2014). Available at: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2432585
Environmental Regulation on Offshore Drilling: Civil Liability and Insurance for Environmental Damages from Oil and Gas Drilling, Policy Paper No. 2, Law and Environment Program, Tel Aviv University (with David Schorr) (2013).
Available at: Uploads/dbsAttachedFiles/PolicyPaperLiabilityApril2013efinal(1).pdf
Environmental Regulation on Offshore Drilling: Current Israeli Law, Policy Paper No. 1/1, Law and Environment Program, Tel Aviv University (with David Schorr) (2011). Available at: Uploads/dbsAttachedFiles/PolicyDecember2011_a.pdf