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Professor Samuel BECHER
Background
J.S.D. (Yale University)
LL.M. (Yale University)
LL.B. (Tel Aviv University)
LL.M. (Yale University)
LL.B. (Tel Aviv University)
Position Tag
Professor
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Contact Information
Office
Li Dak Sum Yip Yio Chin Academic Building – 6124
Telephone
(852) 3442 7692
Email
samuel.becher@cityu.edu.hk
Research Interests
Research Interests
- Consumer Law
- Contract Law
- Law and Technology
- Behavioral and Economic Analysis of Laws
- Legal Education
CityU Scholar
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Samuel Becher is a Professor of Law at City University of Hong Kong. He holds an LL.M. and a J.S.D. from Yale Law School and an LL.B. from Tel Aviv University. He has authored more than 100 publications, including numerous journal articles, book chapters, policy submissions, and professional and public-facing commentary. Professor Becher’s scholarship has been cited by academics, courts, and legislators, and his work has received media coverage in more than 30 countries and has appeared in over 20 languages. His forthcoming book, co-authored with Benjamin Alarie, Superjustice: Law in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, will be published by Oxford University Press in 2026.
Recent Academic Engagements
- Visiting Professor, Melbourne Law School, Australia, 2025–2026
- Visiting Professor, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisbon and Porto, Portugal, 2025
- Economic Institute for Law Professors, Law & Economics Center, George Mason University, USA, 2025
- Lee Kong Chian Visiting Professor, Singapore Management University, Singapore, 2023–2024
- Visiting Scholar, University of Bayreuth, Germany, 2022
Selected Recent Publications
Books
- Samuel I. Becher & Benjamin Alarie, Superjustice: Law in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (Oxford University Press, forthcoming 2026)
Articles
- Samuel I. Becher & Benjamin Alarie, Legal Order in the Age of AI Agents, University of Toronto Law Journal (forthcoming 2026).
- Mark Bartholomew & Samuel I. Becher, The End of Shopping, William & Mary Law Review (forthcoming 2026).
- Shmuel I. Becher & Tal Z Zarsky, Big Mistake(s), 77 Florida Law Review 907-971 (2025).
- Benjamin Alarie & Samuel I. Becher, LexOptima: The Promise of AI-Enabled Legal Systems, 75 University of Toronto Law Journal 73-121 (2025).
- Uri Benoliel & Shmuel I. Becher, Messy Contracts, 2024 University of Illinois Law Review 893 (2024).
- Shmuel I. Becher et al., Regulating Product Return Policies: The Trade-off between Efficiency and Distribution, 52 Journal of Legal Studies 137–191 (2023).
- Shmuel I. Becher & Uri Benoliel, Hidden Contracts, 49 BYU Law Review 307-365 (2023).
- Shmuel I. Becher & Uri Benoliel, Dark Contracts, 63 Boston College Law Review 55-117 (2023).
- Shmuel I. Becher, The Alternative Meat of the Matter, 98 Tulane Law Review 99-142 (2023).
- Shmuel I. Becher, Ex-ante Access to Justice, 30 Competition & Consumer Law Journal 138-162 (2023).
- Yonathan Arbel & Shmuel I. Becher, Contracts in the Age of Smart Readers, 90 George Washington Law Review 83-146 (2022).
— Selected for review at Jotwell. - Uri Benoliel & Shmuel I. Becher, Termination Without Explanation Contracts, 2022 University of Illinois Law Review 1059-1102 (2022).
- Shmuel I. Becher et al., Toxic Promises, 63 Boston College Law Review 753-812 (2022).
- Shmuel I. Becher & Anne-Lise Sibony, Confronting Product Obsolescence, 27 Columbia Journal of European Law 97-150 (2021).
- Shmuel I. Becher & Uri Benoliel, Sneak in Contracts, 55 Georgia Law Review 657-729 (2021).
— Selected for review at Jotwell. - Shmuel I. Becher & Sarah Dadush, Relationship as Product, 2021 University of Illinois Law Review 1547-1604 (2021).
— Selected for review at Jotwell. - Yehuda Adar & Shmuel I. Becher, Ending the License to Exploit: Administrative Oversight of Consumer Contracts, 62 Boston College Law Review 2405-2461 (2021).
Book chapters
- Yonathan Arbel & Shmuel I. Becher, How Smart are Smart Readers? LLMs and the Future of the No-Reading Problem, in The Cambridge Handbook on Emerging Issues at the Intersection of Commercial Law and Technology (Cambridge University Press, Elvy & Kim eds., 2025) pp. 336-374.
- Shmuel I. Becher & Uri Benoliel, Non-Transparent Contracts, in Festschrift in Honor of Prof. Sinai Deutch (Nevo Publishing, Moshe Gelbard & Ruth Plato-Shinar eds., 2024) pp. 253-292.
- Shmuel I. Becher & Andelka M. Phillips, Data Rights and Consumer Contracts: the Case of Personal Genomics Services, in Data Rights and Private Law (Hart Publishing, Damian Clifford et al. eds., 2023) pp. 83-101.
- Shmuel I. Becher et al., Poor Consumer(s) Law: The Case of High-cost Credit and Payday Loans, in The Cambridge Handbook of Marketing and the Law (Cambridge University Press, Jacob Gersen & Joel Stekel eds., 2023) pp. 384-414.
- Shmuel I. Becher, The Puzzle of Effective Consumer Protection Legislation: Challenges, Key Lessons and Design Principles, in Law and Economics of Regulation (Springer, Klaus Mathis & Avishalom Tor eds., 2021) pp.73-99.
- Shmuel I. Becher & Uri Benoliel, Law in Books and Law in Action: Readability of Privacy Policies and the GDPR, in Consumer Law and Economics (Springer, Klaus Mathis & Avishalom Tor eds., 2021) pp. 179-204.