Maya Gazit is a doctoral student in law at the University of Ottawa, working in comparative constitutional law, constitutional theory, and democracy. Her research examines abusive constitutionalism the strategic manipulation of constitutional mechanisms to consolidate power and undermine democracy and explores whether courts can play a meaningful role in responding to such practices.
Maya completed an LL.M. in Legal Theory at the University of Toronto, where her research focused on one specific manifestation of abusive constitutionalism: abusive constitutional replacement. Her doctoral research expands this inquiry, examining the phenomenon from a broader comparative and theoretical perspective. Maya also holds an LL.B. and an M.A. in Public Policy from Reichman University in Israel.