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Eugene Kontorovich
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “legal scholar specializing in maritime piracy and universal jurisdiction”. Today it says “israeli legal scholar”.
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Eugene Kontorovich ( Hebrew : 'יוג'ין קונטורוביץ ; born 1975) is an Israeli legal scholar, specializing in constitutional and international law . He is the head of the international law department at the Kohelet Policy Forum , an Israeli conservative think tank .
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legal scholar specializing in maritime piracy and universal jurisdiction
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israeli legal scholar
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