Maya Mark is a Professor at the Ben-Gurion Research Institute for the Study of Israel and Zionism, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Trained as a political and legal historian at Tel Aviv University, her research examines the democratic worldview of the Israeli right, the rule of law under extreme conditions, and the dynamics of political violence.

Maya was a post-doctoral fellow in the Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions in 2016-2018. She conducted an interdisciplinary project of law and history which examined the Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance as a case study for the rule of law under extreme conditions.

Maya obtained her LLB (magna cum laude) and LLM (magna cum laude) from Tel Aviv University. Her doctoral research, conducted under the guidance of Justice Prof. Daphne Barak-Erez and Prof. Arie Naor, deals with Menachem Begin’s world view of law and regime.  Maya was an intern at the Supreme Court (the chamber of Justice M. Naor) and a senior clerk for Justice E. Hayut. She is currently a lecturer at The Buchmann Faculty of Law at Tel Aviv University.