Menachem Mautner is a Professor of Law and the Danielle Rubinstein Chair of Comparative Civil Law and Jurisprudence, in the Faculty of Law at Tel Aviv University. He was Dean of the Faculty. Mautner teaches courses in the areas of law and culture, multiculturalism and contract law, and was awarded the 'Zeltner Prize for Excellence in the Law' and the Tel Aviv University Rector's Prize for Distinction in Teaching. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the book series Law, Society and Culture published by the Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University. Mautner is the author of four books, and his book The Decline of Formalism and the Rise of Values in Israeli Law is the most cited book in Israeli law in the past two decades. Mautner is also the editor of five books, including Multiculturalism in a Democratic and Jewish State, and the author of over 70 articles and chapters in the areas of law and culture, multiculturalism, jurisprudence and contract law.