Education
He was educated at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Yale University, and Balliol College, Oxford (where he earned a Doctor of Philosophy in legal philosophy with a dissertation supervised by Joseph Raz).
He was educated at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Yale University, and Balliol College, Oxford (where he earned a Doctor of Philosophy in legal philosophy with a dissertation supervised by Joseph Raz).
He has been a visiting professor at Columbia University, Harvard University, the University of Toronto, the University of Texas at Austin, and the University of Chicago. Harel writes on political philosophy, jurisprudence, criminal law, constitutional law, and law and economics. A leading advocate of Israeli human rights in Israel, Harel has served on the Board of Directors of the Association for Civil Rights in Israel, and submitted a Brief on Behalf of Conscientious Objectors to the Israeli Supreme Court.
He often publishes op-ed pieces in Israeli newspapers.
Alon Harel, Why Law Matters, Oxford Legal Philosophy, 256 pages, 2014.
His articles often undertake philosophical and legal issues of contemporary political relevance. In a recent article (co-authored with Yuval Eylon), Harel defends judicial review on the grounds of a "right to a hearing", which, as a participatory right, does not conflict with the right to equal democratic participation.
