Yehuda Adar

Dr. Yehuda Adar

עברית | English

About▼

Professor Adar is the leading Civil Remedies expert in the Israeli legal academia. His primary areas of research include Civil Remedies, Torts, Contracts, Consumer law and Private Law Theory, topics on which he has published in Israeli, Italian, European, English, Canadian, and American Law Journals. He is the primary co-author of the leading Israeli treatise on contract remedies (2009, Hebrew). This work is regularly cited by the Israeli Supreme Court (around 80 cases in the past decade) and the other courts (around 800 cases in total). Adar has served as member of the Standard Form Contracts Tribunal, Editor-in-Chief of the Haifa Law Review, and expert witness in Arbitrations before the LCIA (London Court of International Arbitration) and the ICC (International Chamber of Commerce). He serves as academic advisor for leading Israeli and foreign law journals, including the Yale Law Journal.

Publications▼

Books – Hebrew

  1. Essays on Contract Law & Theory – in Honor of Gabriela Shalev (2021, Aharon Barak & Efi Zemach co-editors) (University of Haifa Law Review & Nevo Publishing).
  2. Contract Law – The Remedies: Towards Codification of the Civil Law (2009, with Gabriela Shalev).
  3. The Punitive Award as a Sanction in Contract (2003 Ph.D. Dissertation, Hebrew University of Jerusalem).

Articles – English & Italian

  1. Contorts University of Illinois Law Review (forthcoming, 2026) (with Ronen Perry).
  2. Reliance as Promise American Business Law Journal (forthcoming, 2026)(with Efi Zemach).
  3. Negligence Without Harm 111 Georgetown Law Journal, 187-235 (2022) (with Ronen Perry).
  4. Ending The License To Exploit: Administrative Oversight Of Consumer Contracts62 Boston College law Review, 2045-2461 (2022) (with Shmuel I. Becher).
  5. The Damages Puzzle in Government Bonds17 Capital Markets Law Journal 468-488 (2022).
  6. Administrative Control and Consumer Exploitation in Standard Form Contracts The Regulatory Review (A Publication of the Penn Program on Regulation) Opinion (2021) (with Shmuel I. Becher).
  7. Law of Contracts, Ch. 4 in The Israeli Legal System, 69-86 (NOMOS) (B. Medina, C. Walter, L. Scholz & H.B Wabnitz eds.) (Hart Publishing, 2019).
  8. A Glance at the Work of a Legal Artist: Tribute to the Grand Master of Israeli Legal Academia 67 (University of Siena Law Journal Studi Senesi) 252-268 (2018).
  9. The CISG in Israel, Ch. 31 in International Sales Law: The Global Challenge, 518-538 (Larry Di-Matteo ed., Cambridge University Press, 2014).
  10. L’Influenza della Cultura Giuridica Italiana sul Diritto di Israele (The Influence of Italian Legal Culture over Israeli Law) in Il Modello Giuridico – Scientifico E Legislativo – Italiano Fuori Dell’Europa 3-10 (Sabrina Lanni & Pietro Sirena eds. Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane, Napoli 2013) (Italian) (with Pietro sirena).
  11. La Dialettica di Principi e Regole nel Diritto Europeo dei Contratti: dal PECL al CESL e Oltre (Principles and Rules in the European Law of Contract: From PECL to CESL and Beyond) 2 Osservatorio Di Diritto civile E Commerciale 203-234 (2013) [The Civil & Commercial Law Observer] (Italian) (with Pietro sirena).
  12. Comparative Negligence and Mitigation of Damages – Two Sister Doctrines in Search of Reunion 31 Quinnipiac Law Review 783-842 (2013).
  13. Contract Remedies – A Relational Perspective, Ch. 11 in The Organisational Contract 269-292 (Ashgate 2013) (with Moshe Gelbard).
  14. Principles and Rules in the Emerging European Contract Law: From the PECL to the CESL, and Beyond 9 European Review of Contract Law 1-37 (2013) (with Pietro Sirena).
  15. La Prospettiva dei Rimedi nel Diritto Privato Europeo (Remedies as An Emerging Concept in European Private Law) 58 Rivista di Diritto Civile 359-387 (2012) (Italian) (with Pietro Sirena).
  16. Touring the Punitive damages Forest: a Proposed Roadmap1 Osservatorio Di Diritto Civile E Commerciale 275-322 (2012).
  17. The Role of Remedies in the Relational Theory of Contract – A Preliminary Inquiry7 European Review of Contract Law 399-424 (2011) (with Moshe Gelbard).
  18. Legal Engineering in Israeli law: Codification and Unification of the Law of Remedies 64 Publications of the Swiss Institute of Comparative Law 69-85 (2009).
  19. The Law of Remedies in a Mixed Jurisdiction: The Israeli Experience23 Tulane European & Civil Law Forum 111-141 (2008) (with Gabriela Shalev).
  20. Whiten v. Pilot Ins. Co: The Unofficial Death of the Independent Wrong Requirement and Official Birth of Punitive Damages in Contract41 Canadian Business Law Journal 247-278 (2005).
  21. Wrongful Abortion: a Wrong in Search of a Remedy5 Yale Journal of Health Policy, Law & Ethics 507-586 (2005) (with Ronen Perry).

Articles – Hebrew

  1. Regulating Banking Contracts – Empirical& Normative Analysis 8 Regulation Research Law Review 137-170 (2024, with Moshe Gelbard).
  2. From Chaos to Coherence in Contract Formation: Can Definiteness and Substantive Completion Coexist?  51 Mishpatim(Hebrew University Law Journal), 953-1031 (2022).
  3. Determination and Definiteness – Independent Requirements? 51 Mishpatim (Hebrew University Law Journal), 5-79 (2021).
  4. Shedding Light on the Reliance Interest in A Book in Honor of Supreme Court Justice Theodore Or 343-395 (2013, Aron Barak, Ron Sokol & Oded Shacham eds.).
  5. The Reform of the Standard Contracts Statute – A Critical Commentary 5 Hukim (Hebrew University Journal of Legislation), 99-178 (2013, with Moshe Gelbard).
  6. Restitution, Compensation, Accumulation of Remedies and Freedom of Contract (An Analysis of Supreme Court Civil Appeal No. 4630/04, rendered 13.12.2006) 40 Mishpatim (Hebrew University Law Journal), 827-886 (2011, with Moshe Gelbard).
  7. Contract Law: Trends and Shifts in 2010 6 Din U’Dvarim (University of Haifa Law Review), 41-84 (2011).
  8. The Reliance Interest: Don’t Rely on It! 7 Israel Bar Journal (Orech Ha-Din), 82-85 (2010).
  9. Contributory Negligence and Mitigation: Shall the Two Walk Together?  10 Mishpat Ve’Asakim (Interdisciplinary Center Law Review), 381-421 (2010).
  10. Punitive Damages Following a Criminal Sentence 27 Haifa Bar Journal [Bi’Dlataim Ptuhot], 43-44 (2008, with Ronen Perry).
  11. Why Unify Contract and Tort Remedies? A Reply to Professor Dagan 36 Mishpatim (Hebrew University Law Journal), 357-412 (2006).
  12. Of the Honey and the Sting – Reflections on Remedies and the Draft Civil Code  5 Mishpat Ve’Asakim(Interdisciplinary Center Law Review), 357-409 (2006).
  13. Remedies for Breach of an Obligation: A Look at the Remedies’ Section of the New Israeli Civil Code 6 Kiryat Ha’Mishpat (Ono Academic College Law Review), 185-232 (2006, with Gabriela Shalev).

Education▼

  • LLB (magna cum laude), Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Faculty of Law, 1997.
  • LLD (Special Direct Program to L.L.D), Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Faculty of Law, 2004.
  • Postdoctoral Studies, University of Toronto, Faculty of Law, Research in the fields of Legal Theory and Private Law, Prof. Ernest Weinrib, Supervisor 2004.

Research Areas▼

  • Legal Remedies
  • Private Law Theory
  • Contracts
  • Tort Law
  • Punishment and the Crime/Tort distinction
  • Law Enforcement & Consumer Law
  • Comparative Legal Studies