Dr. Boaz Segal completed his direct Ph.D. at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 2016. His research and teaching focus on tort law, administrative law, regulatory law, the state in private law, and regulatory negligence. He has published globally on these topics. His academic journey has centered on tort law, public authority liability, and regulatory negligence. He has focused on how these legal frameworks can promote economic efficiency, justice, and accountability. Over the past decade, he has explored the intersection of tort law and administrative law, developing new insights into how these legal regimes interact to shape public policy and institutional behavior. Dr. Segal is also an accomplished author, with three novels: "A Woman and Four Lands" (2007), "Love in Law" (2021), and "Libi Reads a Horoscope" (2025), blending his passions for literature and law.
1. Boaz Segal, Deterrence of Regulators by the Law of Torts – The Distinction between Compensation Law and Liability Law, 571 Mishpatim: The Hebrew University Law Review 49 (2019) (Hebrew).
2. Boaz Segal, The Archaic of the Rule of Joint and Several Liability – Regulatory Accidents as a Case Study, 49 Hukim – Journal on Legislation 14 (2020) (Hebrew).
3. Boaz Segal, Practical Alternatives to the Rule of Joint and Several Liability – Regulatory Negligence as a Case Study, 27 Buffalo Environmental Law Journal 1 (2020) [was published as the “leading article”].
4. Boaz Segal, Utilizing Tort Law to Deter Misconduct in the Public Sector, 91 Seattle Journal for Social Justice 19 (2020) (English).
5. Boaz Segal, Tort Compensation in the United States and England: Goal or Means? 87 American Journal of Trade and Policy 8 (2021) (English).
6. Amos Israel-Vleeschhouwer, Amit Ofir and Boaz Segal, Secondary Use of Legal Information to Optimize Public Service and Promote Justice, 219 Ma'asei Mishpat Law Review 15 (2024) (Hebrew).
7. Boaz Segal, Torts of Public Authorities at a Comparative Perspective, Hapraklit Law Review 23 (2024) (Hebrew).
8. Boaz Segal, Tort Law as a Remedy for Terrorism 40 Touro Law Review (2025) (English).
Year | Funded by/Amount | For |
2018 | Sapir Academic College, Faculty of Law | Excellent Lecturer –Second Semester |
2018 | Sapir Academic College, Faculty of Law | Excellent Lecturer –First Semester |
2025 | Sapir Academic College, Faculty of Law | Excellent Lecturer –First Semester |
A. Ph.D. Dissertation
Boaz Segal, Regulatory Negligence (2016) (Hebrew) (336 pages). Supervisor: Prof. Barak Medina at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem as part of the direct Ph.D. program.
B. Published
1. Boaz Segal, Deterrence of Regulators by the Law of Torts – The Distinction between Compensation Law and Liability Law, 571 Mishpatim: The Hebrew University Law Review 49 (2019) (Hebrew) (48 pages) (A, 3 citations in literature and 1 citation in the Supreme Court of Israel).
2. Boaz Segal, The Archaic of the Rule of Joint and Several Liability – Regulatory Accidents as a Case Study, 49 Hukim – Journal on Legislation 14 (2020) (Hebrew) (45 pages) (B, 2 citations in literature and 1 citation in the Supreme Court of Israel).
3. Boaz Segal, Practical Alternatives to the Rule of Joint and Several Liability – Regulatory Negligence as a Case Study, 27 Buffalo Environmental Law Journal 1 (2020) (English) (48 pages) [was published as the “leading article”] (C, 1 citation in literature).
4. Boaz Segal, Utilizing Tort Law to Deter Misconduct in the Public Sector, 91 Seattle Journal for Social Justice 19 (2020) (English) (26 pages). (C, 1 citation in literature).
5. Boaz Segal, Tort Compensation in the United States and England: Goal or Means? 87 American Journal of Trade and Policy 8 (2021) (English) (82 pages).
6. Amos Israel-Vleeschhouwer, Amit Ofir and Boaz Segal, Secondary Use of Legal Information to Optimize Public Service and Promote Justice, 219 Ma'asei Mishpat Law Review 15 (2024) (Hebrew) (18 pages) (B). In this Article, one senior author and one junior author are involved. The article was written jointly. My contribution to this Article is reflected in the literature review, the presentation of theory, the methodology, and the writing of the research results.
7. Boaz Segal, Torts of Public Authorities at a Comparative Perspective, Hapraklit Law Review 23 (2024) (Hebrew) (60pages) (B).
C. Accepted for Publication
1. Boaz Segal, Tort Law as a Remedy for Terrorism 40 Touro Law Review (2025) (English) (41 pages) (C).
D. In a process of judgment
1. Boaz Segal, Administrative reasonableness: what is between tort law and administrative law? Hukim – Journal on Legislation (B).
2. Boaz Segal, Torts v. terrorism: when optimal deterrence is maximum deterrence Hukim – Journal on Legislation (B).
E. In a process of writing
1. Boaz Segal, Error in return during fertility treatments – genetic parents, physiological parents, and in the middle a fetus.
2. Boaz Segal & Elad Schild, understanding Tort law.
F. Other Works Connected with my Scholarly Field
1. Boaz Segal, A Woman and Four Countries (Kotarot, 2008) (Fiction, Hebrew) (226 Pages).
2. Boaz Segal, Love in Law (Steimatzky, 2020) (Fiction, Hebrew) (188 Pages).
3. Boaz Segal, Libi reads a horoscope (Steimatzky, 2024) (Fiction, Hebrew) (115 Pages).
1. Participation in Scholarly Conferences
a. Conferences in Israel
Role | Subject of Lecture/Discussion | Place of Conference | Name of Conference | Date |
Joint Spokesperson With Retired Vice President of the Supreme Court, Justice Rivlin | Founding Rulings in the Field of Tort Law | Sapir Academic College | Conference in Memory of Judge Klind | 8.1.2025 |
Panel Speaker | Extracting Information from Legal Proceedings as a Tool to Promote justice and Improve the Operation of the Authorities | Sapir Academic College | Sapir Conference, 2024 | 31.10.2024 |
Responding to Article | Responding to the article "Reflection on the Status of Banknote Laws in the 21st Century" | Het Center for Competition and Regulation Research, College of Management Academic Studies | Meir Het Book - a Conference to Present Research | 23.6.2024 |
Panel Speaker | Extracting Information from Legal Proceedings as a Tool to Promote justice and Improve the Operation of the Authorities | Sapir Academic College | Departmental Seminar | 28.5.2024 |
Keynote Speaker | Who is a Reasonable Doctor? | Meir Hospital | Tort and Medicine | 28.3.2024 |
Keynote Speaker | Tort Law of Public Authorities at Comparative Perspective | Sapir Academic College | Departmental Seminar | 16.11.2021 |
Discussion Group Chairman | State Liability During the Covid-19 Crisis | Zefat Academic College | Law in the Age of the Covid-19 Pandemic | 24.5.2021 |
Keynote Speaker | The Archaic of the Rule of Joint and Several Liability | Sapir Academic College | Departmental Seminar | 12.5.2020 |
Keynote Speaker | The Distinction between Compensation Law and Liability Law | Zefat Academic College | Departmental Seminar | 14.5.2019 |
Panel Participation | Do financial Remedies Deter Public Tortfeasors? | Dan Carmel, Haifa | The Annual Conference of the Israeli Association of Public Law | 4.1.2019 |
Panel Participation | Deterrence of Regulators by the Law of Torts – Public Authorities as Social Actors | IDC, Herzliya | The Israeli Association of Private Law | 14.6.2018 |
Panel Participation | Patients’ Rights - From Theory to Practice | Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital, Jerusalem | Patients’ Rights Accessibility | 16.5.2012 |
Conference Chairman | The Mediation Process from Different Perspectives | College of Management Academic Studies, Rishon-Lezion | Ramat Hovav Mediating as a Model | 10.1.2007 |
b. International conferences
Role | Subject of Lecture/Discussion | Place of Conference | Name of Conference | Date |
Visiting Scholar | Tort Law as a Remedy for Terrorism | University of California, Berkeley, School of Law | Invitation to spend the academic year 2025–2026 as a Visiting Scholar affiliated | 1.10.2025–31.7.2026 |
A Tort Claim Versus an Administrative Petition in Israel
| University of Saarland, Saarbrücken, Germany | Israeli-German-Conference on Comparative and International Law Issues of Common Concern | 4.7.2018 |