"Develops a theory of political authority in which institutions are public and, consequently, are authoritative by virtue of speaking in the name of citizens, not merely for them. The theory accounts for major legal doctrines including the separation of powers, limits of privatization, public property, and the use artificial intelligence"--

Avihay Dorfman is a law professor at Tel Aviv University. His studies elaborate the non-contingent implications of the law for the possibility of establishing forms of valuable interactions between, and among, persons. Dorfman is the co-author of Relational Justice: A Theory of Private Law (2024).

1. A Public Conception of Political Authority; 2. Law as Standing; 3. Speaking in a Different Voice: The Necessity of Institutional Pluralism; 4. Inherently Public Goods; 5. Against Privatization As Such; 6. Public Ownership; 7. Why Not Artificial Intelligence? The Normative Status of Public Algorithms; Concluding Remarks.