Speaker Class A2
Law and Literature - Shakespeare in Venice
The presentation relates to the intricate relations between law and literature, two cultures of words that share both similarities and conspicuous differences. The focus will be on understanding how they intersect and diverge.
A special reference will be made to Shakespeare’s ‘The Merchant of Venice’, its legal implications and the mock trial held in Venice in which Justice Bader Ginsburg was presiding.
Biography
Nili Cohen, Israel Prize laureate in Law Research, Law Professor (emerita), former President of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities and former rector of Tel-Aviv University. She is the author of Interference with Contractual Relations, Inducing Breach of Contract and co-author of Contracts A, B, C, D. Recently she published a book on law and literature: Laws, Sentences and Words. She is the recipient of the Sussman Prize (twice), the Zeltner Prize, the Minkoff Prize for excellence in Law in 2002, and the Rector Prize for Excellence in Teaching (thrice).
A member of the American Law Institute, Academia Europaea, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei and the American Philosophical Society; Honorary Professor, the University of Buenos Aires, and honorary doctor, Haifa University and Ben-Gurion University. She was a member of the Committee of the Codification of Israeli Law. As Rector she established the relations between TAU and Venice International University and served as a member of its Academic Council.