Yehonatan Givati

Visiting Professor of Law
Education

Ph.D., Harvard University, 2013

M.A., Harvard University, 2011

S.J.D., Harvard Law School, 2011

LL.M., Harvard Law School, 2007

M.A., The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2005

LL.B., The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2002

Courses Taught
  • Law & Empirical Methods
  • Law & Economics
Yehonatan Givati smiles to the camera for his headshot.

Yehonatan Givati is a visiting professor of law at Yale Law School and the Sylvan M. Cohen Professor at Hebrew University Law School, where he serves as the founding director of the Aumann-Fischer Center for Law, Economics, and Public Policy. Givati’s scholarly interests lie in the economic analysis of law, applying the tools of law and economics to tax law, law enforcement, private law, and judicial behavior. He clerked for Justice Esther Hayut on the Supreme Court of Israel. Givati earned an LL.B. and M.A. in economics from Hebrew University, an LL.M. and S.J.D. from Harvard Law School, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University.