Professor Uri Herstein has been a member of King’s since 2012. First as a permanent member of staff (2012-2024) and then as an honorary visiting professor. He is also the Montesquieu Chair for Comparative Law and Legal History at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and co-Editor-in-Chief of the journal Law and Philosophy. Professor Herstein served as a visiting professor at the law schools of Harvard University, Cornell University, Columbia University, and Peking University, and is scheduled to spend a year as a fellow of the Wissenschaftskolleg (Berlin). Previously, Professor Herstein was also the director of the Harry and Michael Sacher Institute for Legislative Research and Comparative Law at the Hebrew University and served as the editor of the Jerusalem Review of Legal Studies.

Professor Herstein writes, supervises, and teaches on various topics in legal and moral philosophy, including rights theory, tort law, private law theory, procedure and more. His publications have appeared in a variety of leading publications in philosophy and in law, including: Oxford Journal of Legal Studies; Legal Theory; Law and Philosophy; University of Toronto Law Journal; Philosophical Studies; Philosophers' Imprint; Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy; George Washington Law Review; Journal of Applied Philosophy, and Mind.

Professor Herstein holds a Master's Degree and a Doctorate (under the guidance of Professor Joseph Raz) from Columbia University in New York, and undergraduate degrees in law and philosophy from Tel Aviv University. Before joining academia, Professor Herstein was admitted to the Israel Bar and to the New York Bar, and practiced law in the litigation department of the law offices of Fried, Frank Harris, Shriver & Jacobson in New York City. He completed his clerkship under Judge Drora Pilpel at the District Court in Tel Aviv.

Research Interests 

• Private law theory
• Jurisprudence
• Moral philosophy