The University of Georgia

Davit Zedelashvili
Lecturer
Researcher of Gnomon Wise
Master
Law Department

School of Law

Education

Tbilisi State University - Faculty of Law - Bachelor - 2003-01-01 - 2007-01-01

Central European University - Department of Legal Studies - Master - 2007-01-01 - 2008-01-01

Publications

The Problems and Promises of a Legal Constitution: The Constitutional State and History - 2011

- 2013

- 2016

- 2018

- 2019

The Rule of Law in the Jurisprudence of the Chameleon Court - 2020

- 2021

The Judgement of ECtHR on Georgia v. Russia (II) case in the perspective of the international legal responsibility of occupying power - 2021

Constitutionalism in Georgia - Internal Contradictions and Confrontations with Abuse - 2022

Vetting of the Judiciary in Theoretical and Comparative Perspective: Recommendations for Georgia - 2022

- 2023

Institutional Reconstruction of the Judiciary Branch of Georgia in a Comparative Perspective - 2023

Courses

Freedom of Speech in Comparative Perspective-LAWP5254 ( 2020/2021; 2021/2022; 2022/2023; 2024/2025; )

Introduction to Human Rights-LAWB2130 ( 2020/2021; 2021/2022; )

Constitutional Rights in a Comparative Perspective-LAWB4179 ( 2022/2023; )

Judicial Obligation and Judicial Branch-LAWEC5210 ( 2021/2022; 2022/2023; )

Citizenship in the modern world-LAWB1195 ( 2022/2023; 2023/2024; 2024/2025; )

Rule of Law and Its Pathologies-LAWPA5237 ( 2020/2021; 2021/2022; )

Rule of Law and Legal System-LAWEC5200 ( 2021/2022; 2022/2023; )

Introduction to the Law of the United States-LAWB4116 ( 2022/2023; )

Schedule

Freedom of Speech in Comparative Perspective-LAWP5254

Citizenship in the modern world-LAWB1195

Researcher at Gnomon Wise also teaches courses in bachelor’s and master’s programs at the University of Georgia School of Law. Davit Zedelashvili’s academic and research interests include comparative constitutional and public law, human rights, and philosophy of law. His publications and professional commentary cover wide-ranging constitutional theory and practice issues, focusing on the abuse of constitutionalism and the rule of law under illiberal and authoritarian regimes and judicial review under such regimes. Davit Zedelashvili has LL. B from Tbilisi State University and LL.M in Human Rights from Central European University (CEU). During his studies in the SJD program in comparative constitutional law at CEU, he was also a visiting researcher at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law (Ontario, Canada). He held academic positions at the Free University of Tbilisi (Assistant and associate professorships, 2011-2020), served as a senior legal expert for the EU assistance project to the Constitutional Court of Georgia and as a legal advisor at the legal department of the Office of the Prosecutor General of Georgia.