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Centre for Palestine Studies Associate Member

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Dr Mazen Masri is Senior Lecturer in law at City St George’s University of London. Mazen's areas of teaching and research are constitutional law and public international law with special interest in comparative constitutionalism, constitutional theory, human rights law and equality.

His work has appeared legal and interdisciplinary journals such as Social and Legal Studies, Asian Journal of International Law and International Journal of Law in Context as well as scholarly ezines and blogs. His book, The Dynamics of Exclusionary Constitutionalism: Israel as a Jewish and Democratic State, was published in 2017 as part of Hart Studies in Comparative Public Law Series. The book was shortlisted for the Peter Birks Book Prize for Outstanding Legal Scholarship which is awarded by the Society of Legal Scholars.

Mazen has worked as a lawyer and consultant, and has served as legal advisor to the Negotiations Affairs Department of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). He is a member of the Advisory Board of the European Legal Support Center (ELSC) and the Advisory Group of the Britain Palestine Media Centre.