Speakers

Professor Shimon Shetreet is a Professor of Law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. He holds the Greenblatt chair of public and international law and is the past head of the Sacher Institute of Legislative Research and Comparative Law .

Professor Shetreet held high public offices. Between 1988 and 1996 he served as Member of the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament. He was a cabinet minister in the Rabin Government and in Peres Cabinet (1992-1996), and later was Senior Deputy Mayor of jerusalem. He is the President of the International Association of Judicial Independence and World Peace, and President of the International Culture of Peace Project. He is a member of the Royal Academy of Arts and Science of Belgium.

He is author and editor of many  books, including: Judges on Trial (1976), Judicial Independence: The Contemporary Debate with Chief Justice Jules Deschenes(1985), The Role of Courts in Society (1988), National Security and Free Speech(1991), Pioneers in Tears: Anthology on North African Jewry (1991), Justice in Israel (1994), Women in Law (1998), The Good Land between Power and Religion(1998), Law and Social Pluralism (2002), On Adjudication (2004), Culture of Judicial Independence: Conceptual Foundations and Practical Challenges, with Christopher Forsyth ( Nijhoff , 2012), Uniform Civil Code: The Challenge of Implementing Uniform Civil Code for India ,with Hiram Chodosh (2015), Judges on Trial :Independence and Accountability of the English Judiciary,2nd ed. with Sophie Turenne (2013),  Culture of Judicial Independence: Rule of Law and World Peace .   (2014),  Culture of Judicial Independence In A Globalized World   ( with Wayne McCormack  ( 2016 ) , Jewish and Israeli Law – An Introduction, with  Walter Homolka    (2017), Justice Challenged:  In Pursuit of Judicial Independence  with Hiram Chodosh  and Eric Helland (2021), Jewish and Israeli Law – An Introduction, with  Walter Homolka  second edition (2021), Judicial Independence: Cornerstone of Democracy  with Hiram  Chodosh   ( 2024).

Topic of the lecture: Secular Limits of Rabbinical Courts and Religion Related Matters: Procedural and Substantive Issues