George
Bisharat
The Honorable Raymond L. Sullivan Professor of Law
- Office 390-200
- Email Address bisharat@uchastings.edu
- Telephone (415) 565-4721
Biography
George E. Bisharat was a trial lawyer for the Office of the Public Defender in San Francisco before joining the UC Hastings faculty in 1991. Professor Bisharat studied law, anthropology, and Middle East studies at Harvard, and wrote a book about Palestinian lawyers working under Israeli military occupation in the West Bank. He writes frequently on law and politics in the Middle East, both for academic audiences and for major media sources in the U.S. and abroad. Professor Bisharat is an avid fly fisher, sometimes in such exotic locations as Russia and New Zealand, and also writes articles for fly fishing magazines. He is a singer, songwriter, and blues harmonica player specializing in the chromatic harmonica, and as “Big Harp George” has recorded two albums that earned award nominations and critical acclaim . His wife, Jaleh Bisharat, is a business marketing executive working in high tech.
Expertise
Education
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Harvard University 1987
Ph.D., Anthropology and Middle East Studies
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Georgetown University
M.A., History
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University of California at Berkeley
B.A., Anthropology
Selected Scholarship
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Anthropology and Law as Two Sibling Rivals 2013
Antropolítica: Revista Contemporânea de Antropologia
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Mobilizing International Law in the Palestinian Struggle for Justice 2018
Global Jurist
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Violence’s Law: Israel’s Campaign to Transform International Legal Norms 2013
Journal of Palestine Studies
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Re-Democratizing Palestinian Politics 2013
UCLA Journal of International and Foreign Affairs
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Introduction to "Litigating Palestine: Can Courts Secure Palestinian Rights?" 2012
Hastings International and Comparative Law Review
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Freedom Thwarted: Israel's Illegal Attack on the Gaza Flotilla 2011
Berkeley Journal of Middle Eastern and Islamic Law