Dr. Sharon Yadin is an associate professor at Peres Academic Center School of Law and School of Business Administration in Israel and a leading, internationally recognized legal expert on regulation theory and methods. She has published two books and over 20 articles in prestigious platforms. Her award-winning work is frequently cited by the Israeli Supreme Court and her thesis on regulatory contract doctrine was accepted into Israeli law in a precedential ruling on the natural gas regulation. Dr. Yadin earned her doctorate degree in law from
Tel-Aviv University, and her post-doctorate from The Hebrew University. Her current research focuses on soft regulatory strategies employed by administrative agencies, such as contractual regulation and regulation by shaming. She has also worked on projects that aim to shed light on the digital aspects of the administrative state. In her work, Dr. Yadin developed new concepts to better understand the modern regulatory state, such as regulatory shaming, e-regulation, and regulatory literacy, and analyzed their normative and theoretical implications in depth.
New Scholarship: E-Regulation
The new face of the regulatory state is digital. In this era of e-regulation, administrative agencies use social media, web platforms, and mobile applications for regulatory purposes. New forms of online communication allow regulators to harness public opinion as an enforcement mechanism in such diverse areas as product safety, environmental protection, workplace injury prevention, customer satisfaction with financial services, child safety, restaurant sanitation, and health service quality.
PUBLIC ACTIVITIES & APPOINTMENTS
Member of the Israel Press Council
Member of Maala, a leading corporate social responsibility (CSR) organization in Israel
Member of the Israeli Law & Society Association Board
Advisor to various Israeli regulatory agencies and government offices
Member of the Israel Bar Association
Member of the Israel Communication Association
Member of the Israeli Association of Public Law
AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS
PAC School of Law award for teaching excellence
PAC School of Law research grant
The Hebrew University School of Law, Dean’s letter of recognition for teaching excellence
The Hebrew University School of Law, Lady Davis Postdoctoral Scholarship
Haifa University School of Law, Lakers Award for best paper in media regulation
The Israeli Association of Public Law, Gorney Award for excellent young public law scholars
Tel Aviv University School of Law, full doctoral scholarship
Tel Aviv University School of Law, full Master’s scholarship
IN THE MEDIA
The Regulatory Review/Shame on You!
The Regulatory Review/Should Regulators Shame Companies into Compliance?
Notice & Comment – Yale Journal on Regulation/Shaming Big Pharma
De Iura – Tel Aviv University Faculty of Law Magazine Interview
RESEARCH INTERESTS
LAW & REGULATION
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW
REGULATION THEORY
REGULATION STRATEGY
SOFT REGULATION
PUBLIC LAW
COURSES & SEMINARS
Administrative Law
Advanced Administrative Law
Law & Regulation
Regulation for MBA
Securities Regulation
Corporate Law
Regulatory Contracts
Media Regulation
Business Law for MBA
Administrative Law in the 21st Century: The Information Revolution
COURT CITATIONS
Cited in several cases of the Israeli High Court of Justice, most prominently in a recent case discussing a major natural gas deal:
HCJ 4374/15 The Movement for Quality of Government v. The Prime Minister of Israel (2016)
See also HCJ 1893/11 Israel Security Association v. National Labor Court (2015)