Professor Beer brings to the table his rich experience as a commander in one of the elite fighting units of the Israeli army. He invites lawyers to learn from military professionalism about the promise and limits of the law. His approach is not only intellectually stimulating and indeed refreshing, but it is also promising in its quest to identify new paths through which law could further promote its traditional goals - the elimination of unnecessary use of force and
the reduction of harm and suffering.
Yishai Beer is Professor of Law at Radzyner Law School at the Interdisciplinary Center at Herzliya, and was recently a Visiting Professor of Law at Columbia Law School. He is a retired Major General in the Israel Defense Forces, where his last position was in command of an Army corps. Previously he served as President of the Israeli Military Court of Appeals and as a division commander. In parallel to his long military career, he was on the law
faculty at the Hebrew University where he taught courses and seminars in taxation. At different times, he was a visiting Scholar at Harvard Law School, and a research fellow at NYU Law School. Professor Beer received his LLB from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, LLM from the London School of Economics, and PhD from the
Hebrew University.