David Mednicoff

David Mednicoff is Chair of the Department and Judaic and Near Eastern Studies, and Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Public Policy at UMass Amherst. He is a lawyer and political scientist (J.D./Ph.D, Harvard). Professor Mednicoff's research deals with broad connections between legal and political ideas and institutions at the national and transnational levels, particularly as these relate to current issues in the Middle East. His publications analyze the rule of law, human rights issues, Western legal aid, US policy, migrant worker law and policy, political liberalization and constitutionalism in the Middle East, especially Morocco, Qatar, Tunisia and the UAE. He is currently completing a book manuscript on the meanings and politics of the rule of law in five Arab societies.