Eli Salzberger

He attended the Gymnasia Rehavia high school, and served as an officer in the intelligence corps of the Israel Defense Forces from 1978 to 1983.

His doctoral dissertation, "Economic Analysis of the Doctrine of Separation of Powers: The Independence of the Judiciary", included an empirical study of judicial promotions in the UK.

Salzberger was the Jerusalem branch coordinator and an elected member of the board of directors of the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (1984–1988).

Recently (2012), a team led by him won a competition for a new Minerva research center on the rule of law under extreme conditions.

[2][3] He was the first Israeli to serve as a member of the steering committee, and subsequently as the President, of the European Association for Law and Economics (EALE).