Michael Birnhack
Biographic Data
| ID | 319471 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael Birnhack |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael |
| FAMILY NAME | Birnhack |
| SIGNATURE | BIRNHACK M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tel Aviv University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2704-0398 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 30 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Colonial Patents: Industrial Property Law and Nationality in Mandate Palestine
This Article offers the first historical analysis of patent law in British Mandate Palestine (1917-1948), examining 4,395 patent applications through a reconstructed registry and archival sources. It develops Colonial Patents as a framework for analysing legal transplantation in colonial contexts. The analysis reveals Britain’s hybrid imperial patent policy: rejecting empire-wide unification while creating preferential procedures for British pate…
The Temporal Dimension of Surveillance
This article places the temporal dimension of surveillance under the spotlight. Surveillance studies examines multiple dimensions of surveillance: Who surveilles whom; what practices are applied; how, where, and why are they executed; and the dynamics, effects, and meanings of various forms of surveillance. Time is too often taken for granted. A given surveillance setting, such as a biometric system, CCTV, or collecting cellular-based location da…
The continuity principle of digital remains
The digitization of social interactions and daily activities means that multiple aspects of our daily lives are documented and stored, and social interactions leave digital traces. The accumulated data do not evaporate upon death, and questions about posthumous privacy and impression management arise. Drawing on eight focus groups comprised of Israeli Internet users from various backgrounds, the article points to the perceived interrelation betwe…
Differential rights consciousness: Teachers’ perceptions of privacy in the surveillance school
The posthumous privacy paradox: Privacy preferences and behavior regarding digital remains
Scholars have observed a gap between users’ stated preferences to protect their privacy and their actual behavior. This is the privacy paradox . This article queries the persistence of the privacy paradox after death. A survey of a representative sample of Israeli Internet users inquired of perceptions, preferences, and actions taken by users regarding their digital remains. The analysis yielded three distinct groups: (1) users interested in pres…
Colonial Trademark: Law and Nationality in Mandate Palestine, 1922–48
Trademark law protects distinctive signs of products against unauthorized uses. It is a legal tool to enhance market efficiency by conveying information about the origin of goods to consumers. Trademarks are also carriers of cultural information about the manufacturers, their products, and their message to the consumers. Thus, trademarks provide an unexpected reflection on society. This article explores the history of trademark law in Mandate Pal…
School Surveillance in Context: High School Students' Perspectives on CCTV, Privacy, and Security
This study examines high school students' perceptions of school closed-circuit television systems (CCTVs). It draws on interviews conducted with 83 adolescents recruited from 10th- to 12th-grade classes at 39 Israeli schools. The findings indicate that students' perceptions of CCTVs are embedded in their overall opinions about their school, particularly concerning relationships and trust between students and educators. The various metaphors that …
Caught on camera: Teachers’ surveillance in schools
The Emergence and Development of Intellectual Property Law in the Middle East
The Eurocentric term “Middle East” captures the historical sources and emergence of intellectual property (IP) in this region. Early colonial influences had a long-lasting effect. In the mid-1990s the global replaced the colonial, imposing new demands. Both the colonial and globalized IP frameworks have allowed only a narrow leeway for the expression of local interests. This chapter explores the emergence and development of IP law in the Middle E…
Privacy, CCTV, and School Surveillance in the Shadow of Imagined Law
How do managers make decisions that affect human rights of other people? The article examines one such case: the decision-making process of Israeli school principals in installing Closed Circuit TV (CCTV) systems in schools. One unexpected source that principals relied on was that of imagined law: they wrongly assumed that there was a law that guided them in the matter. The deployment of CCTV systems in Israeli schools is relatively new and takes…
Colonial Copyright: Intellectual Property in Mandate Palestine
The history of colonial copyright is often told from the view of the colonizers. This study of the early roots of copyright in the British Empire provides a sophisticated theoretical framework, contextualizing early copyright law as a form of globalization and examining its impact on colonial affairs and modern law.
Colonial Transplants
This chapter explains two of the building blocks of colonial copyright: legal transplants and colonial law. The discussion of the former provides a critical analysis of the literature on the topic. The discussion of the latter, focuses on the role of the concept of ‘rule of law’, and on the division of legislative labour between the Empire and its different kinds of colonies, including mandates. The intersection of the legal transplants and colon…
The Making of British Colonial Copyright
Caught on camera: Teachers’ surveillance in schools
Privacy, CCTV, and School Surveillance in the Shadow of Imagined Law
How do managers make decisions that affect human rights of other people? The article examines one such case: the decision-making process of Israeli school principals in installing Closed Circuit TV (CCTV) systems in schools. One unexpected source that principals relied on was that of imagined law: they wrongly assumed that there was a law that guided them in the matter. The deployment of CCTV systems in Israeli schools is relatively new and takes…
The posthumous privacy paradox: Privacy preferences and behavior regarding digital remains
Scholars have observed a gap between users’ stated preferences to protect their privacy and their actual behavior. This is the privacy paradox . This article queries the persistence of the privacy paradox after death. A survey of a representative sample of Israeli Internet users inquired of perceptions, preferences, and actions taken by users regarding their digital remains. The analysis yielded three distinct groups: (1) users interested in pres…
School Surveillance in Context: High School Students' Perspectives on CCTV, Privacy, and Security
This study examines high school students' perceptions of school closed-circuit television systems (CCTVs). It draws on interviews conducted with 83 adolescents recruited from 10th- to 12th-grade classes at 39 Israeli schools. The findings indicate that students' perceptions of CCTVs are embedded in their overall opinions about their school, particularly concerning relationships and trust between students and educators. The various metaphors that …
Differential rights consciousness: Teachers’ perceptions of privacy in the surveillance school
Colonial Copyright: Intellectual Property in Mandate Palestine
The history of colonial copyright is often told from the view of the colonizers. This study of the early roots of copyright in the British Empire provides a sophisticated theoretical framework, contextualizing early copyright law as a form of globalization and examining its impact on colonial affairs and modern law.
Colonial Transplants
This chapter explains two of the building blocks of colonial copyright: legal transplants and colonial law. The discussion of the former provides a critical analysis of the literature on the topic. The discussion of the latter, focuses on the role of the concept of ‘rule of law’, and on the division of legislative labour between the Empire and its different kinds of colonies, including mandates. The intersection of the legal transplants and colon…
The Making of British Colonial Copyright
Privacy, CCTV, and School Surveillance in the Shadow of Imagined Law
How do managers make decisions that affect human rights of other people? The article examines one such case: the decision-making process of Israeli school principals in installing Closed Circuit TV (CCTV) systems in schools. One unexpected source that principals relied on was that of imagined law: they wrongly assumed that there was a law that guided them in the matter. The deployment of CCTV systems in Israeli schools is relatively new and takes…
The Emergence and Development of Intellectual Property Law in the Middle East
The Eurocentric term “Middle East” captures the historical sources and emergence of intellectual property (IP) in this region. Early colonial influences had a long-lasting effect. In the mid-1990s the global replaced the colonial, imposing new demands. Both the colonial and globalized IP frameworks have allowed only a narrow leeway for the expression of local interests. This chapter explores the emergence and development of IP law in the Middle E…
Caught on camera: Teachers’ surveillance in schools
The posthumous privacy paradox: Privacy preferences and behavior regarding digital remains
Scholars have observed a gap between users’ stated preferences to protect their privacy and their actual behavior. This is the privacy paradox . This article queries the persistence of the privacy paradox after death. A survey of a representative sample of Israeli Internet users inquired of perceptions, preferences, and actions taken by users regarding their digital remains. The analysis yielded three distinct groups: (1) users interested in pres…
Colonial Trademark: Law and Nationality in Mandate Palestine, 1922–48
Trademark law protects distinctive signs of products against unauthorized uses. It is a legal tool to enhance market efficiency by conveying information about the origin of goods to consumers. Trademarks are also carriers of cultural information about the manufacturers, their products, and their message to the consumers. Thus, trademarks provide an unexpected reflection on society. This article explores the history of trademark law in Mandate Pal…
School Surveillance in Context: High School Students' Perspectives on CCTV, Privacy, and Security
This study examines high school students' perceptions of school closed-circuit television systems (CCTVs). It draws on interviews conducted with 83 adolescents recruited from 10th- to 12th-grade classes at 39 Israeli schools. The findings indicate that students' perceptions of CCTVs are embedded in their overall opinions about their school, particularly concerning relationships and trust between students and educators. The various metaphors that …
Differential rights consciousness: Teachers’ perceptions of privacy in the surveillance school
The continuity principle of digital remains
The digitization of social interactions and daily activities means that multiple aspects of our daily lives are documented and stored, and social interactions leave digital traces. The accumulated data do not evaporate upon death, and questions about posthumous privacy and impression management arise. Drawing on eight focus groups comprised of Israeli Internet users from various backgrounds, the article points to the perceived interrelation betwe…
The Temporal Dimension of Surveillance
This article places the temporal dimension of surveillance under the spotlight. Surveillance studies examines multiple dimensions of surveillance: Who surveilles whom; what practices are applied; how, where, and why are they executed; and the dynamics, effects, and meanings of various forms of surveillance. Time is too often taken for granted. A given surveillance setting, such as a biometric system, CCTV, or collecting cellular-based location da…
Colonial Patents: Industrial Property Law and Nationality in Mandate Palestine
This Article offers the first historical analysis of patent law in British Mandate Palestine (1917-1948), examining 4,395 patent applications through a reconstructed registry and archival sources. It develops Colonial Patents as a framework for analysing legal transplantation in colonial contexts. The analysis reveals Britain’s hybrid imperial patent policy: rejecting empire-wide unification while creating preferential procedures for British pate…
Political science (10 works) · Law (8 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Colonialism (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Perception (4 works) · Education Discipline and Inequality (3 works) · History (3 works)