I. LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS

Industrializing English Law: Entrepreneurship and Business Organization, 1720 - 1844( Cambridge University Press, 2000), Series: Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions

Reviewed in: Michigan Law Review, Journal of Corporate Law Studies, Legal Studies, Modern Law Review, Cambridge Law Journal, American Journal of Legal History, Ius Commune, Journal of Economic Literature, Journal of Economic History, Economic History Review, Netherlands Economic History Archive Bulletin, EH Net Book Reviews (Economic History), EH Net Book Reviews (Business History), Business History Review, Business History, Enterprise & Society, Technology & Culture, Journal of Modern History, American Historical Review.

 

EDITED BOOKS and Theme Issues

"Personal Bankruptcy in the 21st Century: Emerging Trends and New Challenges", A Theme Issue of Theoretical Inquiries in Law (2003)Guest Ed.

 

Writing Legal History, A Theme Issue of Theoretical Inquiries in Law - devoted to new methodological trends in the writing of legal history (2003) Guest Ed. With Laura Kalman, Pnina Lahav and Assaf Likhovski

 

The History of Law in a Multi-Cultural Society: Israel, 1917-1967 (Ashgate Publishing, 2002) Ed. With Sandy Kedar, Pnina Lahav, Assaf Likhovski

[Abstract]

 

Reviewed in: Haaretz Books Section, Legal History, Politika

 

Haim Zadok: A Jurist and a Statesman (The Israel Democracy Institute, 2002) Ed.

Reviewed in: Haaretz Books Section

 

ARTICLES

"Bankruptcy Policy in Light of Manipulation in Credit Advertising", Theoretical Inquiries in Law Vol. 7 No. 2 (2006) With Einat Albin

[Abstract] [Article]

 

"The English East India Company and the History of Company Law" in VOC 1602-2002 - 400 Years of Company Law , Series Law of Business and Finance, Volume 6, Eds. Ella Gepken-Jager, Gerard van Solinge, Levinus Timmerman, Kluwer Legal Publishers 2005. p. 219-247.

[Abstract] [Article]

 

"Government and the Economy, 1688 - 1850" in Roderick Floud and Paul Johnson Eds. The Cambridge Economic History of Britain since 1700, Volume I, 1700 - 1850 (2004, Cambridge University Press)

[Abstract] [Article]

 

"The Uses of History in Law and Economics" Theoretical Inquiries in Law Vol. 4 No. 2 659 - 696 (2003).

[Abstract] [Article]

 

"The Encounters of Economic History and Legal History" Law and History Review Vol. 21 No. 2, 297 - 346 (2003). 

[Abstract] [Article]

 

"Between Law and History: on the Historiography of Israeli Law" Tel Aviv University Law Review vol. 26 No. 2, 351 - 389 (2002) (in Hebrew)

[Abstract] [Article]

 

"Haim Zadok: Minister of Justice, Legislator and Jurist" in Haim Zadok: A Jurist and a Statesman 15 - 31 (The Israel Democracy Institute, 2002) (in Hebrew)

[Abstract] [Article]

 

"Arab Politics in a Jewish State: El - Ard Movement and the Supreme Court", Plilim, The Multi-Disciplinary Journal of Public Law, Society and Culture Vol. 10, 107 - 155 (2001) (in Hebrew)

[Abstract] [Article]

 

"Absent Minded Misses and Historical Opportunities: Jewish Law, Israeli Law and the Establishment of the State of Israel" in Mordechai Bar-On and Zvi Zameret Eds. On Both Sides of the Bridge: Religion and State in the Early Years of Israel 21 - 55(2002). (in Hebrew)

[Abstract] [Article]

 

"Legitimizing the Imprisonment of Poor Debtors: Lawyers, Legislators, Judges" in Ron Harris, Sandy Kedar, Pnina Lahav, Assaf Likhovski Eds. The History of Law in a Multi-Cultural Society: Israel, 1917-1967 217 - 271 (2002)

[Abstract] [Article]

 

"Israeli Legal History: Past and Present" in Ron Harris, Sandy Kedar, Pnina Lahav, Assaf Likhovski Eds. The History of Law in a Multi-Cultural Society: Israel, 1917-1967 1 - 34 (2002) with Alexandre ( Sandy) Kedar, Assaf Likhovski and Pnina Lahav

[Abstract] [Article]

 

[A Revised German version of this article was published as:

"Israelische Rechtsgeschichte: Vergangenheit und Gegenwart" in Zeitschrift fur Neuere Rechtsgeschichte 70 - 94 Vol. 25 Nr. 1 / 2 (2003)

[Abstract] [Article]

 

"Rethinking the Rationale for Teaching Comparative Law in Israel" ( 2001 in Tel Aviv University Law Review) Vol. 25, No. 2, 443 - 465 (2001). (in Hebrew)

[Abstract] [Article]

 

"The Law as Reflecting and Transforming in the Second Decade" in H. Yablonka & Z. Zamereth eds. Israel in the Second Decade: 1958 - 1968 125 - 148 ( Jerusalem, 2000). (In Hebrew)

[Abstract] [Article]

 

"From Imprisonment to Discharge: Setting an Agenda for Reforms in Debtor - Creditor Law" Tel Aviv University Law Review Vol. 23, No. 3, 641 - 696 (2000). (in Hebrew)

[Abstract] [Article]

 

"Why wasn't Imprisonment for Debt Abolished during the Era of Domination of the Labor Movement?" in M. Mautner & D. Gutwein Eds., Law and History. 423 - 440 ( Jerusalem, 1999). (in Hebrew)

[Abstract] [Article]

 

"Political Economy, Interest Groups, Legal Institutions and the Repeal of the Bubble Act in 1825", Economic History Review, Vol. L, No. 4, 675-696 (1997).

[Abstract] [Article]

 

"Israeli Law, the Formative Years 1948- 1958", in H. Yablonka & Z. Zamereth Eds. The First Decade of Independence 244-262( Jerusalem, 1997). (In Hebrew)

[Abstract] [Article]

 

"The Fall and Rise of Imprisonment for Debt", Tel Aviv University Law Review, Vol. 20, No. 2, 439-509 (1996). (in Hebrew)

[Abstract] [Article]

 

"Citation Practices of Israel's Supreme Court: Quantitative Analysis", Mishpatim, Hebrew University Law Review, Vol. 27, No. 1, 119-217 (1996). (in Hebrew) With Yoram Shachar and Meron Gross

[Abstract] [Article]

 

"Anatomy of Discourse and Dissent in Israel's Supreme Court" Tel Aviv University Law Review, Vol. 20, No. 3, 749-795 (1996). (in Hebrew) With Yoram Shachar and Meron Gross

[Abstract] [Article]

 

"The Bubble Act: Its Passage and Its Effects on Business Organization",The Journal of Economic History, Vol. 54, No. 3, 610-627 (1994).

[Reprinted in Ross B. Emmett ed. Great Bubbles (Pickering & Chatto Publishers, 2000)]

[Abstract] [Article]

 

Submitted

"The Transplantation of a Legal Discourse: Corporate Personality Theories from German Codification to British Political Pluralism and American Big Business", Washington and Lee Law Review

 

"The Formation of the East India Company as a Cooperation Enhancing Institution"

 

In Revisions

"A Case Study in the Banning of Political Parties: The Pan-Arab Movement El Ard and the Israeli Supreme Court"

[Abstract] [Article]

 

BOOK REVIEWS

Review of "Insuring the Industrial Revolution: Fire Insurance in Great Britain, 1700-1850" By Robin Pearson, American Historical Review (Forthcoming)

 

Review of "Organizing America: Wealth, Power, and the Origins of Corporate Capitalism" By Charles Perrow, Economica (Forthcoming)

 

Review of " Republic of Debtors: Bankruptcy in the Age of American independence" by Bruce H. Mann, American Historical Review (2004)

 

Review of "The Wealth of Nations Rediscovered: Integration and Expansion in American Financial Markets, 1780 - 1850" By Robert E. Wright, History (Forthcoming)

 

Review of "The Political Economy of British Historical Experience, 1688 - 1914" Edited by Donald Winch and Patrick K. O'Brien, The Journal of Economic History (2004)

 

Review of "Famous First Bubbles: The Fundamentals of Early Manias" by Peter M. Garber, Economica (2003)

 

Review of "Anglo-American Securities Regulation: Cultural and Political Roots, 1690-1860" by Stuart Banner, The Journal of Economic HistoryVol. 60, p. 277 (2000)

 

Review of "Conceiving Companies: Joint Stock Politics in Victorian England" by Timothy L Alborn, The Journal of Economic History Vol. 59 p. 511 (1999)

 

"From Chicago to Jerusalem, Interviews and Narratives" Review of Pnina Lahav, Judgment in Jerusalem: Chief Justice Simon Agranat and the Zionist Century, H-Law, H-Net Reviews, November, 1998.

http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi? path=23083910378716

 

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

"El Karbuteli v. The Minister of Defense in its Historical Context", in The Courts of Law, Fifty Years of Adjudication in Israel (1999). (in Hebrew)

[Abstract] [Article]

 

"The Preservation of Legal Traditions in Post-Colonial Societies: A Comment" in Yehoshua Ben-Arieh ed. Jerusalem and the British Mandate: Interaction and Legacy (2003) p. 287. (in Hebrew)

[Abstract] [Article]

 

"The Bubble Act of 1720" in Joel Mokyr Ed. in Chief The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History (2003)

[Abstract] [Article]

 

" Roundtable: Israeli Constitutionalism" Yale Israel Journal No. 6 (Spring 2005)

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In Press

"Law and Economics" in Stanley Katz Ed. in Chief The Oxford Encyclopedia of Legal History (forthcoming)

 

WORK IN PROGRESS

"Who came first? The Corporate Share or the Share market? The distinct paths of the Dutch and the English East India Companies"

 

"Historical Narration in the Turn of the 20th Century Legal Personality Discourse"

 

"Business Organization in the Long Run: Private Limited Companies Rule!" With Timothy Guinnane, Naomi R. Lamoreaux, Jean-Laurent Rosenthal