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. Professor Herstein served as a visiting professor at the law schools of Harvard University, Cornell University, Columbia University, and Peking University. He 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. Presently, Professor Herstein is an associate editor of the journal Law and Philosophy.

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

Professor Herstein has a master's degree (with highest honors) 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 (with honors). 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