TAU Unbound - Episode#24: What is Urban Law and why is it so critically important to our lives?

Episode 24 brings the unique and brilliant voice of Prof. Yishai Blank, the Dean of the Faculty of Law at Tel Aviv University, the country’s leading law school. A graduate of Tel Aviv University, Prof. Blank’s background in the study of law is unique: he specializes in Local Government Law, Administrative Law, Global Cities, Urban Legal Theory and Policy, Law and Secularism, Legal Theory, and Jurisprudence. The conversation with host Ido Aharoni Aronoff centers around the important question of local and municipal law and how can decisions and policies made on a local level brings about a national change. 00:00 - intro 01:00 - About the Faculty of Law 02:00 - Personal background 06:34 - Legal Education 07:20 - The principles of the philosophy of law 08:30 - Philosophy VS Law 09:07 - Studies at Harvard University public law, constitutional law. 10:50 - Local law, local government and the legal system 14:10 - The political centralization of Israel's governments since its establishment 15:50 - The role of the British mandate in the judicial system 18:52 - The role of the judicial system 24:00 - The judicial series of local government institutions 29:14 - Shamgar Center for Digital Law and Artificial Intelligence. 29:50 - Environmental law 30:12 - The legal clinic of Tel Aviv University https://international.tau.ac.il