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Eyal Benvenisti

Eyal Benvenisti

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Law
Israel
2026

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Law

D-Index
32
Citations
6228
World Ranking
220
National Ranking
2

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Law in Israel Leader Award

Overview

Eyal Benvenisti is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom and specializes primarily in the social sciences with a focus on political science and international relations. Their extensive research spans several interconnected subfields including history, sociology and political science, management, monitoring, policy, and law.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics that are central to international relations and law. Among the main topics addressed in their publications are:

  • International Law and Human Rights
  • Global Peace and Security Dynamics
  • International Maritime Law Issues
  • Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics
  • War, Ethics, and Justification
  • International Arbitration and Investment Law
  • World Trade Organization Law

Eyal Benvenisti has contributed to numerous papers published in various academic venues. Their recent work includes the following papers:

  • "The WHO-Destined to Fail?: Political Cooperation and the COVID-19 Pandemic," 2020, American Journal of International Law
  • "The WHO - Destined to Fail?: Political Cooperation and the COVID-19 Pandemic," 2020, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • "Monopolizing War: Codifying the Laws of War to Reassert Governmental Authority, 1856-1874," 2020, European Journal of International Law
  • "THE BIRTH AND LIFE OF THE DEFINITION OF MILITARY OBJECTIVES," 2022, International and Comparative Law Quarterly
  • "The International Law of Prolonged Sieges and Blockades: Gaza as a Case Study," 2021, SSRN Electronic Journal

Their publications have appeared most frequently in the SSRN Electronic Journal, followed by the European Journal of International Law, American Journal of International Law, International and Comparative Law Quarterly, and Apollo (University of Cambridge).

Frequent collaborations include working with Doreen Lustig, with whom they have co-authored multiple papers, and Tamar Megiddo, another co-author they have published with.

Best Publications

  • The International Law of Occupation

    Eyal Benvenisti

  • The Empire's New Clothes: Political Economy and the Fragmentation of International Law

    Eyal Benvenisti;George W. Downs

  • Reclaiming Democracy: The Strategic Uses of Foreign and International Law by National Courts

    Eyal Benvenisti

  • Sovereigns as Trustees of Humanity: On the Accountability of States to Foreign Stakeholders

    Eyal Benvenisti

  • Collective Action in the Utilization of Shared Freshwater: The Challenges of International Water Resources Law

    Eyal Benvenisti

  • Exit and Voice in the Age of Globalization

    Eyal Benvenisti

  • Judicial Misgivings Regarding the Application of International Law: An Analysis of Attitudes of National Courts

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  • National Courts, Domestic Democracy, and the Evolution of International Law

    Eyal Benvenisti;George W. Downs

  • Private claims to property rights in the future Israeli-Palestinian settlement

    Eyal Benvenisti;Eyal Zamir

  • Human Dignity in Combat: The Duty to Spare Enemy Civilians

    Eyal Benvenisti

  • Sharing Transboundary Resources: International Law and Optimal Resource Use

    Eyal Benvenisti

  • Water Conflicts During the Occupation of Iraq

    Eyal Benvenisti

  • The US and the Use of Force: Double-edged Hegemony and the Management of Global Emergencies

    Eyal Benvenisti

  • The Law of Global Governance

    Eyal Benvenisti

  • THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN ACTORS AS A DETERMINANT OF THE EVOLUTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW IN INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

    Eyal Benvenisti

  • Harnessing International Law to Determine Israeli-Palestinian Water Rights: The Mountain Aquifer

    Eyal Benvenisti;Haim Gvirtzman

  • The Applicability of Human Rights Conventions to Israel and to the Occupied Territories

    Eyal Benvenisti

  • The Israeli-Palestinian Declaration of Principles: A Framework for Future Settlement

    Eyal Benvenisti

  • The WHO—Destined to Fail?: Political Cooperation and the COVID-19 Pandemic

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  • Sharing Transboundary Resources: Table of cases

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  • The Political Economy of International Law: A European Perspective

    Alberta Fabbricotti;Anne van Aaken;Anne van Aaken;Joel P. Trachtman;Niels Petersen;Niels Petersen

  • Democracy Captured: The Mega‐Regional Agreements and the Future of Global Public Law

    Eyal Benvenisti

  • Upholding Democracy Amid the Challenges of New Technology: What Role for the Law of Global Governance?

    Eyal Benvenisti

  • The impact of international law on international cooperation : theoretical perspectives

    Eyal Benvenisti;Moshe Hirsch

  • Community interests across international law

    Eyal Benvenisti;Georg Nolte;Keren Yalin-Mor

  • The Paradoxes of Sovereigns as Trustees of Humanity: Concluding Remarks

    Eyal Benvenisti

  • The Conception of International Law as a Legal System

    Eyal Benvenisti

  • "Coalitions of the Willing" and the Evolution of Informal International Law

    Eyal Benvenisti

  • National Courts, Domestic Democracy, and the Evolution of International Law: A Rejoinder to Nikolaos Lavranos, Jacob Katz Cogan and Tom Ginsburg

    Eyal Benvenisti;George W. Downs

Frequent Co-Authors

Ariel Porat
Ariel Porat Tel Aviv University
Jan Wouters
Jan Wouters KU Leuven
Joel P. Trachtman
Joel P. Trachtman Tufts University

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