Avigdor Victor Levontin was the Editor in Chief

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 of The Israel Law Review

The Israel Law Review

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when it was established in January 1966. He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences, and an expert in international law.

Education and career

Levontin received a Doctor of Juridical Science (Ph. D.) degree from Harvard University. He served as Dean of the Faculty of Law at, and was what Life magazine described as a "prominent" professor at, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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. He also served on Israel's delegation at the United Nations.

Books

• Choice of law and conflict of laws, Avigdor Victor Levontin, Brill Archive, ISBN 9028600264, 1976
• The myth of international security : a juridical and critical analysis, Avigdor Victor Levontin, Magnes Press, 1957
• Mishpat benleʼumi peraṭi u-vendati, Avigdor Levontin, Mifʻal ha-shikhpul, Histadrut ha-sṭudenṭim shel ha-Universiṭah ha-ʻIvrit, 1957

Articles

• "Jewish and Democratic – Personal Reflections", Avigdor Levontin, 19 Tel Aviv University Law Review 521, 1994–95