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אבי רובין הוא פרופסור חבר במחלקה ללימודי המזרח התיכון באוניברסיטת בן-גוריון בנגב. מחקריו עוסקים בהיסטוריה חברתית-משפטית (socio-legal history) של המזרח התיכון המודרני, בדגש על שלהי התקופה העוסמאנית. הוא עוסק בנושאים כגון היסטוריוגרפיה, התפתחות מוסדות המשפט המודרניים, תרבות משפטית, שלטון החוק, קודיפיקציה, ומשפטים פוליטיים. עבודתו מציעה מבט ביקורתי על תהליכי המודרניזציה המשפטית באימפריה העוסמאנית, תוך שימוש בגישת "המשפט בפעולה" (law in action) המשלבת בין טקסטים משפטיים לפרקטיקות חברתיות.Courses
The Great Transformation: The Emergence of Legal Modernity in the Middle East and Beyond, BA elective course, Dept. of History, Skidmore College.
Shuttering Myths on the Middle East: An Introduction, BA elective course, Dept. of Middle East Studies, Ben-Gurion University.
Law and Society in the Modern Middle East, BA elective course, Dept. of Middle East Studies, Ben-Gurion University.
The Rule of Law in the Middle East: Historical Perspective, BA seminar course, Dept. of Middle East Studies, Ben-Gurion University.
Introduction to the Ottoman Empire, BA course (obligatory), Dept. of Middle East Studies, Ben-Gurion University.
Society and Culture in the Ottoman Empire: Selected Themes, BA pro-seminar course, Dept. of Middle East Studies, Ben-Gurion University.
Cyprus Past and Present: A Study Tour, BA pro-seminar course, Dept. of Middle East Studies, Ben-Gurion University.
Ottoman Istanbul, Turkish Istanbul: A Study Tour, BA elective course, Dept. of Middle East Studies, Ben-Gurion University.
The Long 19th Century: Ottoman Modernity, BA seminar course, Dept. of Middle East Studies, Ben-Gurion University.
Methods and Approaches in the Study of the Modern Middle East, MA methodology course (obligatory), Dept. of Middle East Studies, Ben-Gurion University.
Ottoman State and Society: Themes in History and Historiography, MA course (international program), Dept. of Middle East Studies, Ben-Gurion University.
The Rule of Law in the Middle East: A Historical Perspective, Dept. of History, Skidmore College.
AI Literacy and Learning Skills, obligatory course, Dept. of Middle East Studies, Ben-Gurion University.
Shuttering Myths on the Middle East: An Introduction, BA elective course, Dept. of Middle East Studies, Ben-Gurion University.
Law and Society in the Modern Middle East, BA elective course, Dept. of Middle East Studies, Ben-Gurion University.
The Rule of Law in the Middle East: Historical Perspective, BA seminar course, Dept. of Middle East Studies, Ben-Gurion University.
Introduction to the Ottoman Empire, BA course (obligatory), Dept. of Middle East Studies, Ben-Gurion University.
Society and Culture in the Ottoman Empire: Selected Themes, BA pro-seminar course, Dept. of Middle East Studies, Ben-Gurion University.
Cyprus Past and Present: A Study Tour, BA pro-seminar course, Dept. of Middle East Studies, Ben-Gurion University.
Ottoman Istanbul, Turkish Istanbul: A Study Tour, BA elective course, Dept. of Middle East Studies, Ben-Gurion University.
The Long 19th Century: Ottoman Modernity, BA seminar course, Dept. of Middle East Studies, Ben-Gurion University.
Methods and Approaches in the Study of the Modern Middle East, MA methodology course (obligatory), Dept. of Middle East Studies, Ben-Gurion University.
Ottoman State and Society: Themes in History and Historiography, MA course (international program), Dept. of Middle East Studies, Ben-Gurion University.
The Rule of Law in the Middle East: A Historical Perspective, Dept. of History, Skidmore College.
AI Literacy and Learning Skills, obligatory course, Dept. of Middle East Studies, Ben-Gurion University.
Publications
Rubin, Avi. 2011. Ottoman Nizamiye Courts: Law and Modernity, Palgrave Macmillan.
Rubin, Avi. 2018. Ottoman Rule of Law and the Modern Political Trial: The Yildiz Case, Syracuse University Press.
Rubin, Avi. 2007. "Legal Borrowing and its Impact on Ottoman Legal Culture in the Late Nineteenth Century," Continuity and Change, 22, pp. 279-303.
Rubin, Avi. 2016. "The Slave, the Governor, and the Judge: An Ottoman Socio-Legal Drama in the Late Nineteenth Century," in Society, Law, and Culture in the Middle East: Modernity in the Making, eds. Ehud R. Toledano and Dror Ze'evi. De Gruyter, pp. 87-103.
Rubin, Avi. 2022. ?The Positivization of Ottoman Law and the Question of Continuity,? in State Law and Legal Positivism: The Global Rise of a New Paradigm, eds. Baudouin Dupret and Jean-Louis Halp?rin. Brill, pp. 150-176.
Rubin, Avi. 2025. ?Islam, Law, and Colonialism, c. 1800?1945.? In Oxford Bibliographies in Legal History. Ed. Gautham Rao. New York: Oxford University Press.
Avi Rubin and Iris Agmon, "Writing History Backwards and Forwards: Thoughts on the Notion of ?Ottoman Corruption?". In Corruption in the Ottoman Polity: Empirical Insights, Conceptual Reflections, eds. Bo?a? Ergene and Cengiz K?rl?. Edinburgh University Press, 2025, pp. 37-61.
Rubin, Avi. 2018. Ottoman Rule of Law and the Modern Political Trial: The Yildiz Case, Syracuse University Press.
Rubin, Avi. 2007. "Legal Borrowing and its Impact on Ottoman Legal Culture in the Late Nineteenth Century," Continuity and Change, 22, pp. 279-303.
Rubin, Avi. 2016. "The Slave, the Governor, and the Judge: An Ottoman Socio-Legal Drama in the Late Nineteenth Century," in Society, Law, and Culture in the Middle East: Modernity in the Making, eds. Ehud R. Toledano and Dror Ze'evi. De Gruyter, pp. 87-103.
Rubin, Avi. 2022. ?The Positivization of Ottoman Law and the Question of Continuity,? in State Law and Legal Positivism: The Global Rise of a New Paradigm, eds. Baudouin Dupret and Jean-Louis Halp?rin. Brill, pp. 150-176.
Rubin, Avi. 2025. ?Islam, Law, and Colonialism, c. 1800?1945.? In Oxford Bibliographies in Legal History. Ed. Gautham Rao. New York: Oxford University Press.
Avi Rubin and Iris Agmon, "Writing History Backwards and Forwards: Thoughts on the Notion of ?Ottoman Corruption?". In Corruption in the Ottoman Polity: Empirical Insights, Conceptual Reflections, eds. Bo?a? Ergene and Cengiz K?rl?. Edinburgh University Press, 2025, pp. 37-61.
