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Liat Levanon

Contact Details

Law Lecturer

Elliott Jaques Room 055
Brunel University
Uxbridge
UB8 3PH
United Kingdom

Tel: +44 (0)1895 266140
Fax: +44 (0)1895 269875
Email: liat.levanon@brunel.ac.uk

Summary

Qualifications

PhD, Cambridge University, UK (2007)
LLB (Magna cum Laude), The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (2001)

Dr. Liat Levanon holds a PhD from Cambridge University, UK, and an LLB (Magna cum Laude) from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. She has conducted her post-doctorate research at Zurich University. She was a Guest Scholar at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, Freiburg, Germany (summer 2007). Dr. Levanon’s research interests include criminal law theory, evidence law, and legal theory.

Teaching and Research

Teaching

Criminal Law
Criminology
Evidence
Jrisprudence
Sentencing and Penology
Comparative Criminal Justice

Research Interests

Criminal law, theories of punishment, evidence law, terrorism and law, feminism and law

Research Areas

Criminal justice
Criminal law
Evidence
Legal theory and jurisprudence
Terrorism and the law

Research Groups

CIPL Centre for International and Public Law
CJRC Criminal Justice Research Centre

External Activities

Assistant researcher, The Israel Democracy Institute, Jerusalem, Israel (2006-2008)

Clerk (J. Ayala Procaccia), The Supreme Court of Israel (2001-2002)

Member of the editorial board, Mishpatim (the Hebrew University’s law journal, edited by students) (2000-2001)

Publications

Journal Papers

(2012) Levanon, L., The Criminal Offence of Membership in Terrorist Organizations: Doctrinal Analysis and Normative Conclusions, New Criminal Law Review: an international and interdisciplinary journal 15 224-

(2012) Levanon, L., Punishment and Self-Defence: A Comment on Victor Tadros' 'The Ends of Harm', Jerusalem Review of Legal Studies 5 75- 88

(2012) Levanon, L., Sexual History Evidence in Cases of Sexual Assault: A Critical Reevaluation, University of Toronto Law Journal 62 (4) : 609- 651

(2010) Kremnitzer, M. and Levanon, L., Not a Suicide Pact: A Comment on Preventative Means in General and on Torture in Particular, Israel Law Review 42 (2)

(2005) Kremnitzer, M. and Levanon, L., Abetment to Crime by Omission: Should a Specific Legal Duty to Act be Required?, The Academic Centre for Law and Business Law Journal 4 175-

(2004) Kremnitzer, M. and Levanon, L., Limiting Freedom of Speech in order to Prevent Violence: Protected Interests and Probability Tests, in light of Kahana v. the State of Israel, Law and Governance (Haifa University Law Journal) 7 (1)

(2002) Kremnitzer, M. and Levanon, L., Abetment of Crime and Interpretation of Criminal Law, Bar Ilan Law Studies (Bar Ilan University Law Journal) 17 (2) : 403-

(2001) Kremnitzer, M. and Levanon, L., The Criminal Prohibition on Verbal Sexual Harassment, Shaarei Mishpat Law Journal 2 285-

(2000) Kremnitzer, M. and Levanon, L., The Offence of Bribery, The Academic Centre for Law and Business Law Journal 2 369-

Book Chapters

(2011) Kremnitzer, M. and Levanon, L., Freedom of Speech in the Decisions of Justice Bach. In: ESSAYS IN HONOR OF JUSTICE GABRIEL BACH. Israel

(2009) Kremnitzer, M. and Levanon, L., Freedom of Speech in the Decisions of Chief Justice Aharon Barak. In: Fassberg, CFEA. ed. . Israel

(2009) Kremnitzer, M. and Levanon, L., Judicial Review of Plea Bargains. In: TRENDS IN CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND EVIDENCE: A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS IN HONOR OF PROFESSOR ELIAHU HARNON. Israel

(2008) Kremnitzer, M. and Levanon, L., The Element of 'Absence of Provocation' in the Offence of Murder. In: Arad Ayalon, D. and et al.. eds. . Israel