Ben Ohavi

Ben Ohavi is a Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School. His areas of interest include political philosophy, legal philosophy, private law theory, and philosophy of Jewish law. He is currently completing his Ph.D. dissertation at Hebrew University. In his dissertation, Ohavi explores various conceptions of private ownership in Talmudic law, using historical and contemporary property law theories. His recent article, "Why Metaphysics Matters: The Case of Property Law", was published in Law and Philosophy. Ohavi holds degrees from the University of Toronto Faculty of Law and Hebrew University. In the academic year 2024–2025, he will be a Research Fellow at Yale's Center for Jewish and Israeli Law and an Affiliated Fellow at the Center for Private Law.