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ד"ר אורית גן

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ganorit@biu.ac.il
תחומי עניין

משפט, קולנוע ומגדר

    קורות חיים

    http://ssrn.com/author=484471

    ORIT GAN - CV

    Sapir College.  Phone: +972-523988107.  Email: ganorit@mail.sapir.ac.il

     

    EDUCATION

    Bar-Ilan University, The Gender Studies Program, Israel

    Ph.D., 2009

    Thesis:

    “Duress in Contract Law – From a Defect in the Bargaining Process to Inequality of Bargaining Power”

    Supervisor:

    Prof. Shahar Lifshitz

    Awards:

    Doctoral Fellowship of Excellence, Bar-Ilan University, 2006-2009

    Naamat Gender Studies Doctoral Fellowship, 2007

     

    Duke University, Durham, NC

    LL.M., Duke University School of Law, 2001

    Activities:

    Duke Journal of Gender Law and Policy, Staff Editor, 2001-2002

    Duke Journal of Comparative and International Law, Staff Editor, 2001-2002

    Graduate Certificate in Women's Studies, Women's Studies at Duke University, 2002

     

    Tel Aviv University, The Buchmann Faculty of Law, Israel

    LL.M., 1999

    Awards:

    Yoseph Samuel Scholarship, 1998

    LL.B., 1996

     

    ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

     

    Sapir College, School of Law, Israel

    Tenure, 2019

    Senior Lecturer, 2018-current

    Lecturer, 2015-2018

    Disciplinary Judge, 2017-curent

    Outstanding Teacher Award, 2017 and 2023

     

    Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, The Gender Studies Program, Israel

    Adjunct, 2012-current

     

    Bar-Ilan University, The Gender Studies Program, Israel

    Adjunct, 2016-current

     

    Loyola University New Orleans College of Law

    Visiting Adjunct Faculty Member, 2022

     

    University of Sydney Law School, Sydney, NSW

    Visiting Professor, 2018

     

    Peres Academic Center, School of Law, Israel

    Lecturer, 2015-2016

     

    Zefat Academic College, School of Law, Israel

    Lecturer, 2013-2015

     

    The College of Management, The Haim Striks School of Law, Israel

    Adjunct, 2014

     

    Columbia Law School, New York, NY

    Visiting Scholar, 2010-2012

     

    Meitar, Liquornik, Geva & Leshem Brandwein Law Offices

    Intern, 1996-1997

     

    PUBLICATIONS

     

    Law Review Articles:

     

    • Contract Law, Equality and the State, Clev. St. L. Rev. (forthcoming 2024)
    • The Arbitration Debate: A Tale of Two Contract Cities, Ohio St. J. on Disp. Resol. (forthcoming 2024)
    • Nonmarital Contract Law, 76 Rutgers Uni. L. Rev. (forthcoming 2024)
    • Spousal Agreements and Patriarchal Bargains: A Wife’s Guarantee of Her Husband’s Business Debts, 18 Eur. Rev. Contract L. 175 (2022)
    • I Dissent: Justice Ginsburg's Profound Dissents, 74 Rutgers Uni. L. Rev. 1037 (2022)
    • A Feminist Economic Perspective on Contract Law: Promissory Estoppel as an Example, 28 Mich. J. Gender & L. 1 (2021)
    • Spousal Agreements and Patriarchal Bargains, 34 Bar Ilan Law Studies (forthcoming 2021)(Heb.)
    • Trading the Gett: Between Contractual Right and Inalienability, 32 Bar Ilan Law Studies 787 (2020)(Heb.)
    • Anti-Stereotyping Theory and Contract Law, 42 Harv. J. L. & Gender 83 (2019)
    • The Many Faces of Contractual Consent, 65 Drake L. Rev. 615 (2017)
    • The Justice Element of Promissory Estoppel, 89 St. John's L. Rev. 55 (2015)
    • Contractual Duress and Relations of Power, 36 Harv. J. L. & Gender 171 (2013)
    • Promissory Estoppel: A Call for a More Inclusive Contract Law, 16 J. Gender, Race & Justice 47 (2013)
    • Third Party Consent to Search: Analyzing Triangular Relations, 19 Duke J. Gender L. & Pol'y 303 (2012)

     

    Other Publications:

     

     

    PRESENTATIONS

     

    Conference Lectures:

     

    • Nonmarital Contract Law: Fifth Roundtable on Nonmarriage and the Law, Rutgers Law School, Newark, New Jersey (9/2023)
    • Contract Law, Equality and the State: Obligations X: Private Law and the State, Banff, Alberta, Canada (7/2023)
    • The Arbitration Debate: A Tale of Two Contract Cities: 13th Annual Conference of the Israeli Private Law Association, Bar-Ilan University (5/2023)
    • The Arbitration Debate: A Tale of Two Contract Cities: 16th Annual International Conference on Contracts, Texas A&M University School of Law, Fort Worth, Texas (3/2023)
    • Suing a Dating Agency for Misrepresentation: When Love is Translated into Damages: Law Love & Money Workshop, University of Technology, Sydney (11/2022)
    • Spousal Agreements and Patriarchal Bargains: A Wife’s Guarantee of Her Husband’s Business Debts: Society of European Contract Law: Family and Person in Contracting in Europe (6/2021)
    • Fifth Israeli Contract Law Forum, Zefat Academic College (conference organizing committee) (6/2021)
    • Feminist Economic Perspectives on Contract Law: Promissory Estoppel as an Example: 15th Annual International Conference on Contracts, University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, Sacramento, California (2/2020)
    • Deniz Kandiyoti: Bargaining with Patriarchy, Bargaining with husbands: Annual Conference of Gender Studies Programs in Israel, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (2/2018)
    • Anti-Stereotyping Theory and Contract Law: ClassCrits X, Tulane University School of Law, New Orleans (11/2017)
    • Divorce in Israel 2017: Between Changes and Tradition, Sapir Academic College (6/2017) (Conference Organizer with Yad Laisha)
    • The Annual Conference of the Israeli Private Law Association (6/2017)(commentator)
    • Trading The Get: The Problem That Has No Name And Why Contract Law Is Not The Solution: Annual Law and Society Conference, Netanya Academic College (2/2017) and Annual Conference of Gender Studies Programs in Israel, Tel-Aviv University (3/2017)
    • Gett Abuse: 12th International Conference on Contracts, Southwestern Law School, Los Angeles (2/2017)
    • The Many Faces of Contractual Consent: 11th International Conference on Contracts, St. Mary's University School of Law, San Antonio, Texas (2/2016)
    • The Justice Element of Promissory Estoppel: 10th International Conference on Contracts, William S. Boyd School of Law, UNLV (2/2015)
    • Duress Law from a Feminist Perspective: Annual Conference of the Israeli Center for Qualitative Research of People and Societies, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (2/2008)
    • Duress in Spousal Agreements – A Feminist Analysis: Annual Conference on Discourse and Gender in Israel, Bar-Ilan University (1/2007)

     

    Other Presentations:

     

    • The Arbitration Debate: A Tale of Two Contract Cities, Private Law Research Group
      National University of Singapore (4/2023)
    • Things I learned from RBG: In memory of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sapir College (1/2021)
    • An Introduction to Feminist Analysis of Contract Law, in Critical Perspectives on the 1L Curriculum, sponsored by Yale Law Women (with Ian Ayres) (11/2020)
    • Contract Law According to Seinfeld, Sapir College (5/2019)
    • Anti-Stereotyping Theory and Contract Law, The University of Sydney Law School (9/2018)
    • Spousal Agreements and Patriarchal Bargains, Family Law Workshop, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Faculty of Law (6/2018)
    • Anti-Stereotyping Theory and Contract Law, Private Law Theory – HFN Workshop, Tel Aviv University, The Buchmann Faculty of Law (4/2017)

     

    BAR ADMISSION

     

    Israel Bar Association, 1997

    מחקר
    • תיאוריות פמיניסטיות של המשפט
    • משפט וחברה (תרבות וקולנוע)
    • דיני חוזים
    • תיאוריות של דיני חוזים
    קורסים

    משפט, קולנוע ומגדר; שוויון, משפט ומגדר: דילמות ואתגרים; נשים במשפט. 

    תאריך עדכון אחרון : 01/03/2024