Eyal Diskin

S.J.D. 2006

Dissertation

Contracting Cultures: Contractual Identity in Discrimination

The dissertation is a study of different strands of interpretation regarding racial discrimination in contractual encounters in case law and legal scholarship. Doctrines of racial discrimination in acts of contracting are generally perceived to concern issues of racism and social equality. Instead of considering which form of racism these laws aim at eradicating, the dissertation examines which notion of contract the laws strive to preserve. The dissertation advances the claim that different interpretations of racial discrimination in contracting reflect different visions of contracts and contractual behavior. The controversy among the different interpretations is a struggle over contractual identity, or the proper manner in which contracts are negotiated, formed, and executed.

Fields of Research and Supervisors

Law and Society, with Professor Martha L. Minow, Harvard Law School, Overall Faculty Supervisor
Law and Interpretation, with Professor Janet Halley, Harvard Law School
Contract Law Theory, with Professor Duncan Kennedy, Harvard Law School

Additional Research Interests

Law and Film
Discrimination and Identity Politics
Legal Theory

Education

Harvard Law School, S.J.D. Candidate 2002-Present
Harvard Law School, LL.M. Program 2001-2002
Tel Aviv University, LL.B., 2000
Tel Aviv University, B.A., Film and Television Studies, 2000

Appointments and Fellowships

Harvard Law School, 2003-2004, Graduate Program Fellow, Teaching Assistant - The American Legal System
Harvard Law School, 2002-2003, Graduate Program Fellow, Section Leader - Contract Law
Tel Aviv University, Faculty of Law, 1999-2000, Associate Editor, Plilim - Israel’s Multidisciplinary Journal of Public Law, Society and Culture

Additional Information

Personal Resume
Languages: English, Hebrew