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Gila Stopler גילה שטופלר

Gila Stopler

Academic Center of Law and Business,
Ramat Gan, Israel

Email:

gila at stopler.net

gstopler at clb.ac.il

פורטל זכויות האדם

Research interests:

Constitutional law, Comparative constitutional law, Women's rights, Church-state relations, Multiculturalism, Human rights, Equality, Demography, Immigration.

Academic positions:

(Sep. 2011 - Aug. 2012) Tikvah Fellow, The Tikvah Center for Law and Jewish Civilization, New York University School of Law.
(October 2010 - ) Senior Lecturer, Academic Center of Law and Business, Ramat Gan, Israel.
(Oct. 2004 - Oct. 2010) Lecturer, Academic Center of Law and Business, Ramat Gan, Israel.
(Aug. 2003- May 2004) Hauser Research Scholar, New York University School of Law.

Education:

JSD NYU School of Law (2004)
LLM in Global Public Service Law NYU School of Law (2001)

Global Public Service Law scholar; won the David H. Moses Memorial Prize as the member of the LLM class with the highest cumulative average.
LLM in International Legal Studies, Washington College of Law American University (1997)
New Israel Fund Fellowship for Israeli human rights lawyers
LLB Tel Aviv University (1994).

Publications in academic journals (in reverse chronological order):

Probability Thresholds as Deontological Constraints in Global Constitutionalism, Columbia Journal of Transnational Law, Vol. 75, (2011) (with Moshe Cohen Eliya)
Women as the Bearers of the Nation: Between Liberal and Ethnic Citizenship, Democratic Citizenship and War, (Peled et. al. eds.), 164-179 (Routledge 2011)
Rights in Immigration: The Veil as a Test Case, 43 Israel Law Review, 183-217, (2010)
Behind the Veil – Restrictions on Wearing Head Covers by Women in Liberal States, 12 Mishpat VeMimshal, 191-226, (2009) (Hebrew)
מאחורי הרעלה – הטלת הגבלות על עטיית כיסוי ראש לנשים במדינות ליברליות, משפט וממשל יב (תש"ע) 191 - 226
"A Rank Usurpation of Power" -The Role of Patriarchal Religion and Culture in the Subordination of Women, Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy, Vol. 15, (2008)
Israel's Natality Policy and the Rights of Women and Minorities 11 Mishpat VeMimshal, 473-516 (2008) (Hebrew)
"מדיניותה הדמוגרפית של ישראל וזכויות נשים ומיעוטים" משפט וממשל יא (תשס"ח) 516-473
Between Love and Justice: Women's Equality and the Welfare State, 12 Avoda Mishpat VeHevra, 261-293 (2010) (Hebrew)
"בין אהבה לצדק: משוויון לנשים במשפחה ועד מדינת הרווחה", עבודה משפט וחברה , יב (תש"ע) 261 – 293 (עם דנה פריבך – חפץ)
A Feminist Perspective on Natality Policies in Multicultural Societies, 2 Law and Ethics of Human Rights (2008)
On Conceptual Dichotomies and Social Oppression, Philosophy and Social Criticism (2008) (with Dana Freibach Heifetz)
Contextualizing Multiculturalism – A Three Dimensional Examination of Multicultural Claims, 1 Law and Ethics of Human Rights 309-353 (2007)
The Conflict Between Freedom of Religion and Association and Equal Employment Opportunities – A Comparative Look, 11 Avoda Mishpat VeHevra 323-356 (2005) (Hebrew)
"הקונפליקט בין חופש הדת וחופש ההתאגדות לשוויון ההזדמנויות בעבודה – מבט השוואתי", עבודה משפט וחברה יא (תשס"ה) 356-323
The Limits of Equality – Reflections Following Ruth Halperin Kaddari’s Women in Israel: A State of Their Own, 8 Mishpat VeMimshal 391-428 (Spring 2005) (Hebrew)
"גבולות השוויון – הרהורים בשולי ספרה של רות הלפרין-קדרי Women in Israel – A State of Their Own" משפט וממשל ח (תשס"ה) 428-391
Gender Construction and the Limits of Liberal Equality, 15 Tex. J. of Women & L. 102 (2005)
The Liberal Bind: The Conflict Between Women’s Rights and Patriarchal Religion in the Liberal State, 31 Social Theory and Practice 191 (2005)
The Free Exercise of Discrimination: Religious Liberty, Civic Community and Women’s Equality, 10 Wm. & Mary J. of Women & L. 459 (2004)
Countenancing the Oppression of Women: How Liberals Tolerate Religious and Cultural Practices that Discriminate Against Women, 12 Colum. J. Gender & L. 154 (2003)

Recent professional activities:

Co organizer (with Dr. Iddo Porat) of an international conference on "Rights and Reciprocity" (2011)

Co Chair of the Board of the Association for Civil Rights in Israel

Member of the academic advisory board of the journal “Ma'asei Mishpat - Tel Aviv University Journal of Law and Social Change” (Hebrew), published by the faculty of law, Tel Aviv University. "מעשי משפט – כתב-עת למשפט ולתיקון חברתי"

Guest editor of the second volume of the journal Law and Ethics of Human Rights on the subject of Demography and Human rights (2008)

Initiated and co organized (with Prof. Moshe Cohen Eliya) an international workshop on “Demography and Human rights” (2007)

Originator and academic editor of the web site "Human Rights Portal" (Hebrew) "פורטל זכויות האדם"

Member of advisory committee Irmgard Coninx Foundation

Last updated: April 2011.

Research interests:

Academic positions:

Education:

JSD NYU School of Law (2004)

LLM in Global Public Service Law NYU School of Law (2001)

Global Public Service Law scholar; won the David H. Moses Memorial Prize as the member of the LLM class with the highest cumulative average.

LLM in International Legal Studies, Washington College of Law American University (1997) New Israel Fund Fellowship for Israeli human rights lawyers

LLB Tel Aviv University (1994).

Publications in academic journals (in reverse chronological order):

Recent professional activities:

LLM in International Legal Studies, Washington College of Law American University (1997)
New Israel Fund Fellowship for Israeli human rights lawyers