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Liat Levanon

Dr Liat Levanon

Reader in Evidence Law and Philosophy

Research interests

  • Law

Biography

Liat is a Reader in Evidence Law and Philosophy at The Dickson Poon School of Law. She joined the School in 2018 after holding a lectureship in law at Brunel University. Liat was awarded her Phd from the University of Cambridge and her LLB from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

She held a post-doctorate position at the Faculty of Law of the University of Zurich; and she was a visiting scholar at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, Freiburg. Previously, Liat had worked for the Isreal Democracy Institute in Jerusalem.

Liat is the co-editor (together with Mark Dsouza, UCL) of the Criminal Justice Theory Blog

Research interests

  • Theory of Evidence Law (especially modes of truth-finding in the legal context)
  • Statistical evidence
  • Probabilistic reasoning in evidence law
  • The justification for criminal punishment
  • Restorative justice
  • Sentencing procedures

Teaching interests

  • Evidence Law
  • Criminal Law
  • Penology

Can take on PhD supervisions at this time?

Yes

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    Research

    Digital-Forensics-hero
    Forensic Science Policy, Regulation & Practice

    The Forensic Science Policy, Regulation & Practice group seeks to support policy development and set national standards based on the latest technology.

    Events

    10MayGerman election poster, 1919

    Reclaiming the Public

    Book Symposium on Avihay Dorfman and Alon Harel, 'Reclaiming the Public' (CUP, forthcoming 2024).

    Please note: this event has passed.

      Research

      Digital-Forensics-hero
      Forensic Science Policy, Regulation & Practice

      The Forensic Science Policy, Regulation & Practice group seeks to support policy development and set national standards based on the latest technology.

      Events

      10MayGerman election poster, 1919

      Reclaiming the Public

      Book Symposium on Avihay Dorfman and Alon Harel, 'Reclaiming the Public' (CUP, forthcoming 2024).

      Please note: this event has passed.