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Ms. Diane KHAIR

Faculty of Law and Political Science

Assistant professor

(+961) 1 421 000 ext diane.khair@usj.edu.lb

Diane Khair holds a degree in law from the Faculty of Law Political Sciences at the Saint Joseph University of Beirut. She then continued her studies at Panthéon Assas University (Paris II) where she obtained a Master 2 (Droit public approfondi) followed by a PhD in Co-Diane Khair holds a degree in law from the Faculty of Law Political Science at the Saint Joseph University of Beirut. She pursued her studies at Panthéon Assas University (Paris II) where she obtained a Master 2 (Droit public approfondi) followed by a PhD in Comparative constitutional law with a thesis on Minorities’ Rights in a unitary State (Unité de l’Etat et droit des minorités. Etude constitutionnelle comparée du Proche Orient). She has since then followed a teaching career, first in Panthéon Assas University (Paris II) René Descartes University (Paris V), and has been teaching in Sciences Po Paris since 2016. She also joined Saint Joseph University of Beirut’s Faculty of Law where she holds the position of maître de conférences. She is member of the Paris Bar and works as a legal consultant for the French Ministries of Health, Labour and Social services.mparative constitutional law with a thesis on Minorities’ Rights in a unitary State (Unité de l’Etat et droit des minorités. Etude constitutionnelle comparée du Proche Orient).She has since then followed a teaching career, starting in Panthéon Assas University (Paris II) and René Descartes University (Paris V), and has been teaching in Sciences Po Paris since 2016. She also joined Saint Joseph University of Beirut’s Faculty of Law where she holds the position of Maître de Conférences.She is member of the Paris Bar and works as a legal consultant for the French Ministries of Health, Labour and Social services.

Highest degree : PhD in Law - Université Panthéon-Assas (Paris II) - France


DegreesUniversityCountryYear
PhDUniversité Panthéon-Assas (Paris II)France2010
Master 2Université Panthéon-Assas (Paris II)France2004
BachelorSaint Joseph University of BeirutLebanon2003

Constitutional Litigation, The State & Its Institutions

Experience in University Teaching Outside USJCountryInstitutionStart DateEnd Date
LecturerFranceInstitut d'Etudes Politiques - Grenoble01/09/201630/06/2024
ATERFranceUniversité Paris 5 - René Descartes01/09/200830/06/2011

Law, Political Sciences


- L’instauration SAFE_USJ_du mode de scrutin à la proportionnelle dans un Etat pluricommunautaire. Etude critique de la loi n°44 SAFE_USJ_du 17 juin 2017 relative à l’élection des membres de la Chambre des députés au Liban, Travaux et Jours, Revue de l’Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth , n°93, automne 2018, pp. 47-76.

- Les titres d’occupation de la zone des « cinquante pas géométriques » : SAFE_USJ_du droit français au droit de la Convention européenne des droits de l’homme, RFDA, 2012, n°6 novembre-décembre, pp. 1159-1171.

- Unité de l’Etat et droits des minorités. Etude constitutionnelle comparée SAFE_USJ_du Proche-Orient, Thèse de doctorat, L.G.D.J., collection des thèses (fondation Varenne), 2012.

- « Loi SAFE_USJ_du 9 juin 2006 ‘portant sur la modification de la loi 250/93 instituant le Conseil constitutionnel libanais’… ou la tentative de sauvetage d’un organe juridictionnel en perdition », Chronique publiée sur le site internet de l’AMDPA, 2008.

- Le Conseil constitutionnel libanais, gardien des libertés fondamentales. Etude comparative SAFE_USJ_du Conseil constitutionnel libanais, Mémoire de fin d’études, DEA Droit public interne, Panthéon-Assas Paris 2, 2004.