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    Professor Yossi Nehushtan

    Professor Yossi Nehushtan

    Title
    Professor of Law and Philosophy
    Location
    Chancellor's Building, CBC2.004B
    Role

    General Editor - Keele Law Review
    Co-Director, MA in Human Rights, Globalisation and Justice
    Contact me
    Open door policy: whenever the door is open you are welcome to come in. Alternatively, you may email to ask for a meeting.
    Phone
    +44(0)1782 733862
    Email
    y.nehushtan@keele.ac.uk

    Biography

    Professor Yossi Nehushtan holds degrees from Striks Law School (LLB), the Hebrew University (LLM) and Oxford University (BCL, MPhil, DPhil).
    Yossi joined the School of Law at Keele University in 2013. In Keele, Yossi is the Founder and General Editor of the Keele Law Review, and Co-Director of the MA in Human Rights.

    In the years 2000-2004 and 2007-2013 Yossi was lecturer and senior lecturer at Striks Law School, the College of Management, Israel, where he taught Public Law; Jurisprudence; Law and Religion, Law and Racism; and Human Rights Law. He was also the General Editor of the Law School's Law Review; Academic Supervisor of the Pro-Bono Legal Aid Clinic; Academic Supervisor and Founder of the Novice Jurists Project; and Director of the 'Secular Judaism' programme at the Law School.

    In 2006/7 Yossi held a full-time lectureship post at Balliol College, Oxford, as a PhD student, through which he taught Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, and Jurisprudence.

    Yossi was Visiting Research Fellow at the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, Oxford University (2022); and held the HLA Hart Visiting Research Fellowship at the Oxford Centre for Ethics and Philosophy of Law (CEPL), University College, Oxford (2013). In 2010-2012, he was Visiting Professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. From 2012-2015, he was a member of a research group at the Minerva Centre of Human Rights, the Hebrew University, which studied the interaction between international human rights law and Israeli law.

    Since 2016, Yossi has been a regular Visiting Research Fellow at the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence, University of Trento, Italy; and Visiting Fellow at St Gallen University, Switzerland. In 2023, Yossi will be Visiting Fellow at the Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná, Brazil.

    Yossi secured the Leverhulme Research Fellowship for 2023-2025 (for £65,000) for his research project on 'Judicial Review of Legislation - and Democratic Legitimacy'.

    Yossi has provided legal advice and counselling to various bodies, including the Ministry of Education, Israel; human rights NGOs in Israel; and the UN Human Rights Committee.

    Research and scholarship

    Yossi’s areas of research are legal theory, political theory, public law, human rights law, and law and religion.

    Yossi is happy to supervise PhD students who wish to explore themes within these areas.A variety of PhD funding possibilities are available at Keele.

    Teaching

    Yossi contributes to the following modules:

    • Constitutional Law (UG)
    • Administrative Law (UG)
    • Jurisprudence (UG)
    • Foundations of Human Rights (PG)
    • Equality, Discrimination and Minorities (PG)
    • Healthcare, Justice and Society (PG)

    Selected blog articles

    1. ‘The UK 14-Day Quarantine Policy: Is Public Opinion a Relevant Consideration?’, UK Constitutional Law Association Blog (2020, https://ukconstitutionallaw.org/2020/06/30/yossi-nehushtan-and-megan-davidson-the-uk-14-day-quarantine-policy-is-public-opinion-a-relevant-consideration/) (With Megan Davidson). 
    2. ‘The 14-Day Quarantine Policy is Illegal’, UK Constitutional Law Association Blog (2020, https://ukconstitutionallaw.org/2020/06/17/yossi-nehushtan-the-14-day-quarantine-policy-is-illegal/).
    3. (2020) ‘This is Not the People’s Government or the Democratic Will of the People’ IACL-IADC Blog, https://blog-iacl-aidc.org/2020-posts/2020/4/28/this-is-not-the-peoples-government-or-the-democratic-will-of-the-people (with Ash Murphy).
    4. ‘The British Lockdown is Disproportionate’ IACL-IADC Blog (2020, https://blog-iacl-aidc.org/2020-posts/2020/4/9/the-british-lockdown-is-disproportionate)
    5. ‘Prorogation and Justiciability’ UK Constitutional Law Association (2019, https://ukconstitutionallaw.org/2019/09/16/yossi-nehushtan-prorogation-and-justiciability/).
    6. ‘The Unreasonable Perception of Rationality and Reasonableness in UK Public Law’ UK Constitutional Law Association (2019, https://wp.me/p1cVqo-1L6).   
    7. ‘Ashers Baking (Part 1): The Supreme Court’s Betrayal of Liberalism and Equality’ UK Constitutional Law Association (2018, https://wp.me/p1cVqo-1BZ, with Stella Coyle).
    8. ‘Ashers Baking (Part 2): Do Homophobes and Racists have a Right Not to Manifest Liberal Messages?’ UK Constitutional Law Association (2018, https://wp.me/p1cVqo-1C2, with Stella Coyle).
    9. ‘Why there should not be Another Snap General (Brexit) Election’ ( 2018 British Politics and Policy – LSE; http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/snap-brexit-election/).
    10. ‘Why there should not be a General Election “about the EU” – and why the UK isn’t a democracy’ (2016, British Politics and Policy - LSE) (http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/why-there-should-not-be-a-general-election-about-the-eu/).
    11. ‘Why Is It Illegal for the Prime Minister to Perceive the EU Referendum’s Result as Morally-Politically Authoritative?’ UK Constitutional Law Association (2016, http://wp.me/p1cVqo-1bS).
    12. ‘Why the EU Referendum’s Result is not Morally-Politically Binding’ UK Constitutional Law Association (2016, http://wp.me/p1cVqo-1aV). 

    Selected Publications

    • Nehushtan Y. 2022. Lockdowns and Intergenerational Justice. In Pandemic Response and the Cost of Lockdowns: Global Debates from Humanities and Social Sciences. Sutoris P, Murphy S, Mendes Borges A (Eds.). Routledge. doi> link> full text>
    • Sutoris P, Murphy S, Mendes Borges A, Nehushtan Y (Eds.). 2022. Pandemic Response and the Cost of Lockdowns: Global Debates from Humanities and Social Sciences. Routledge. doi> link> full text>
    • Nehushtan Y. Law and identity in Israel. A century of debate. Journal of Modern Jewish Studies, 1-2. doi> link>
    • Nehushtan Y. 2022. A General Right to Conscientious Exemption: Beyond Religious Privilege. MODERN LAW REVIEW, 1097-1102, vol. 85(4). link> doi>
    • Nehushtan Y and Prince E. 2021. Toleration and Compassion: a Conceptual Comparison. In Palgrave Handbook on Toleration. Sardoc M (Ed.). Palgrave Macmillan. doi> link> full text>

    Full Publications Listshow

    Books

    • Sutoris P, Murphy S, Mendes Borges A, Nehushtan Y (Eds.). 2022. Pandemic Response and the Cost of Lockdowns: Global Debates from Humanities and Social Sciences. Routledge. doi> link> full text>
    • Nehushtan Y. 2015. Intolerant Religion in a Tolerant-Liberal Democracy. Hart, Oxford, 2015.

    Journal Articles

    • Nehushtan Y. Law and identity in Israel. A century of debate. Journal of Modern Jewish Studies, 1-2. doi> link>
    • Nehushtan Y. 2022. A General Right to Conscientious Exemption: Beyond Religious Privilege. MODERN LAW REVIEW, 1097-1102, vol. 85(4). link> doi>
    • Nehushtan Y and Ahmed F. 2020. The Immorality and Illegality of Fast-Track Public Services. Keele Law Review, 116-122, vol. 1. link> link> full text>
    • Nehushtan Y. 2020. The True Meaning of Rationality as a Distinct Ground of Judicial Review in United Kingdom Public Law. Israel Law Review, 135-158, vol. 53(1). doi> full text>
    • Nehushtan Y. 2019. Conscientious objection and equality laws: Why the content of the conscience matters. LAW AND PHILOSOPHY, 227-266, vol. 38(3). link> doi> full text>
    • Nehushtan Y and Danaher J. 2018. The Foundations of Conscientious Objection: Against Freedom and Autonomy. Jurisprudence, 541-565, vol. 9(3). doi> full text>
    • Nehushtan Y. 2017. Civic Conscience, Selective Conscientious Objection and Lack of Choice. Ratio Juris, 433-450, vol. 30(4). doi> link> full text>
    • Nehushtan Y. 2017. The Non-Identical Twins in UK Public Law: Reasonableness and Proportionality. Israel Law Review, 69-86, vol. 50(1). doi> link> full text>
    • Nehushtan Y. 2016. The Case for a General Constitutional Right to be Granted Conscientious Exemption. Oxford Journal of Law and Religion, 230-254, vol. 5(2). doi> link> full text>
    • Nehushtan Y. 2016. Offensive Expressions: The Limits of Neutral Balancing Tests and the Need to Take Sides. Human Rights Law Review, 1-28, vol. 16(1). doi>
    • Nehushtan Y. 2015. Freedom of Expression in Time of War: The Case of Commercial-Political Advertisements. Human Rights, 4-30.
    • Nehushtan Y. 2015. The Case for Modest Constitutional Instrumentalism. Constitutional Commentary, 101-128, vol. 30.
    • Nehushtan Y. 2014. Jewish Circumcision as a Symptom of Collective Psychosis. Human Rights, 22-53.
    • Nehushtan Y. 2013. The Women of the Wall Case – The Need for a Moral-Liberal Resolution. Human Rights, 9-17.
    • Nehushtan Y. 2013. What Are Conscientious Exemptions Really About?. Oxford Journal of Law and Religion, 393-416, vol. 2(2). doi> link>
    • Nehushtan Y. 2012. Granting Conscientious Exemptions: The Need to Take Sides. Religion and Human Rights: an international journal, 31-58, vol. 7(1). doi>
    • Nehushtan Y and Levenkron N. 2012. The Future of Legal Aid Programmes in Israeli Law Schools. Hamishpat Law Review, 7-15, vol. 17.
    • Nehushtan Y. 2011. Religious Conscientious Exemptions. Law and Philosophy, 143-166, vol. 30(2). doi>
    • Nehushtan Y. 2011. The Links between Religion and Intolerance. Philosophy and Theology, 91-132, vol. 23(1).
    • Nehushtan Y. 2011. The Principle of Tolerance. Tel-Aviv University Law Review, 5-46, vol. 34.
    • Nehushtan Y. 2010. Finding the Ratio Decidendi in Cases of Plurality Decision. Israeli Bar Law Review, 631-649, vol. 50.
    • Nehushtan Y. 2010. The Use of the Presidential Pardon Power: Who Has the Last Say?. The Hebrew University Law Review – Online, 25-54, vol. 2.
    • Nehushtan Y. 2009. Female Segregation for Religious Justifications: The Unfortunate Israeli Case. Droit et Religions, 441-459, vol. 4.
    • Nehushtan Y. 2007. Free Expression and the Limits of Liberal Tolerance. Israel Law Review, 255-276, vol. 40(1).
    • Nehushtan Y. 2007. The Limits of Tolerance: A Substantive-Liberal Perspective. Ratio Juris, 230-257, vol. 20(2).
    • Nehushtan Y. 2001. Not Drafting the Yeshiva Students – A Tale of Judicial Review. Hamishpat Law Review, 183-205, vol. 6.
    • Nehushtan Y. 1999. Discrimination of Men in the Israeli Defence Forces. Hamishpat Law Review, 115-136, vol. 4.

    Chapters

    • Nehushtan Y. 2022. Lockdowns and Intergenerational Justice. In Pandemic Response and the Cost of Lockdowns: Global Debates from Humanities and Social Sciences. Sutoris P, Murphy S, Mendes Borges A (Eds.). Routledge. doi> link> full text>
    • Nehushtan Y and Prince E. 2021. Toleration and Compassion: a Conceptual Comparison. In Palgrave Handbook on Toleration. Sardoc M (Ed.). Palgrave Macmillan. doi> link> full text>
    • Nehushtan Y. 2021. Conscientious Exemptions: Between Toleration, Neutrality and Respect. In The Palgrave Handbook on Toleration. Sardoc M (Ed.). Palgrave Macmillan. full text>
    • Nehushtan Y and Coyle S. 2019. The Difference between Illegitimate Conscience and Misguided Conscience: Equality Laws, Abortion Laws and Religious Symbols. In 'Conscientious Exemptions in a Liberal State: Theoretical, Doctrinal and Comparative Perspectives'. Adenitire J (Ed.). Hart.
    • Nehushtan Y. 2014. Selective Conscientious Objection: Philosophical and Conceptual Doubts in light of Israeli Case Law. In When Soldiers Say No: Selective Conscientious Objection in the Modern Military. Robinson P, Whetham D, Ellner A (Eds.). Routledge.
    • Nehushtan Y. 2008. Secular and Religious Conscientious Exemptions: Between Tolerance and Equality. In Law and Religion in Theoretical and Historical Context. Cane P, Evans C, Robinson Z (Eds.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

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