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2012
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621
pages
English
Ebooks
2012
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Publié par
Date de parution
01 février 2012
Nombre de lectures
0
EAN13
9781438401423
Langue
English
Poids de l'ouvrage
49 Mo
A Living Tree will be of special interest to students of law and to Jews curious about the legal dimensions of their tradition. The authors provide sufficient explanations of the sources and their significance to make it unnecessary for the reader to have a background in either Jewish studies or law.
PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Part I: The Literature and Methods of Jewish Law
INTRODUCTION
A. The Origins and Aims of This Book
B. The Structure and Methods of This Book
C. Who Are the Jews?
D. Common Misconceptions About Jewish Law
Topic One: Biblical Law
A. The Biblical World
B. Fundamentalist and Historical Approaches to the Bible
C. The Structure and Contents of the Bible
D. The Biblical Law Codes
Topic Two: The Biblical Law of Injury
Topic Three: Biblical JurisprudenceA. The Covenant Code's Treatment of Personal Injury
B. The Code pf Hammurabi
C. The Hittite Laws
A. Law and World View
B. Biblical Methods of Resolving Disputes
C. The Source of the Law and Legal Obedience: The Covenant
D. Reasons for Obeying the Law
E. Law and Justice in the Bible: The Relationship Between Moral Norms and God's World
F. Biblical Law and Change: Adapting Divine Law to New Circumstances
Topic Four: Rabbinic Law of Injuries
A. An Overview of the History and Literature of the Second Temple and Rabbinic Periods
B. Midrash Halakhah
C. Mishnah
D. California Jury Instructions
E. Gemara on Injuries
F. Sectarian Laws of Injuries
Topic Five: The Oral Torah: Rabbinic Exegesis and Oral Traditions
Topic Six: The Authority and Morality of the TraditionA. Two Ways of Dealing with a Fixed Text I: Exegesis and Its Justification
B. Two Ways of Dealing with a Fixed Text I: The Methods and Uses of Exegesis
C. Two Ways of Dealing with a Fixed Text II: The Oral Tradition
D. Continuity and Change
E. The Limits of the Flexibility of the Text and the Tradition: Opposition Movements in Jewish Legal History
Topic Seven: Rabbinic Court ProceduresA. The Basis for Obedience of the Law
B. Law and Morality
A. The Structure and Jurisdiction of Courts
B. Systems of Proof and Rules of Evidence
C. Problems with Using Courts
D. Alternatives to Courts
Topic Eight: The Repsonsa Literature
A. The Talmudic and Geonic Periods: Hesitant Beginnings
B. The Eleventh to Fifteenth Centuries: Franco-Germany and the Spain-North Africa
C. The Sixteenth to Twentieth Centuries: The Aharonim of the Eastern Mediterranean and Eastern Europe
D. World War II - Present: America: Four Movements, Four Conceptions of Jewish Law
E. World War II - Present: Israel
Topic Nine: Codes
A. The Types of Codes and Their Use
B. The Literature of Jewish Codification
C. Pros and Cons of Codification
D. Example of Codification: Maimonides on Personal Injuries
Topic Ten: Legislation (Takkanot)
A. The Nature, Development and Justification of Legislation in Jewish Law
B. Maimonides on Legislation: Mishneh Torah, Laws of Rebels (Mamrim)
C. Takkanot of Rabbenu Tam (R. Jacob B. Meir)
Topic Eleven: Custom (Minhag)
Topic Twelve: The Interaction Between Jewish Law and Common LawA. The Recognition of Binding Customs in Jewish and Common Law
B. The Interactions Between Custom and Law
C. Justifying the Authority of Custom
Part II: Marriage
Topic Thirteen: The Nature of Marriage in Jewish and American Law
<A. The Contractural Element in Jewish Marriage
B. The Contractural Element of Marriage in Civil Law
C. The Social Element in Jewish Marriage
D. The Sacred Element in Jewish Marriage
Publié par
Date de parution
01 février 2012
EAN13
9781438401423
Langue
English
Poids de l'ouvrage
49 Mo
