The spirit of Jewish law : a brief account of Biblical and rabbinical jurisprudence : with a special note on Jewish law and the State of Israel / George Horowitz ; foreword by David de Sola Pool.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Horowitz, George, 1894- author.

Contributor:

Pool, David de Sola, writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law--General and Others.

Law.

Jewish law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xl, 812 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York : Central Book Co., [1953]

Summary:

Jewish law has evolved throughout the centuries as a mature, complex system with direct bearing on the evolution of law within Christendom. The modifications of Roman law by the Church in the Middle Ages, the covenant law of the American Puritans, and a significant portion of Anglo-American secular law has been derived from and influenced by this older legal tradition. At the same time, because so much of that tradition has been embodied in Hebrew and Aramaic texts, it had remained largely inaccessible to all but Talmudic scholars until the publication of Horowit's work.

Contents:

Introduction : letter and spirit

Torah. Preliminary notions ; Early Jewish law; the Torah of Moses

Talmud. Growth of the tradition; the Talmud ; Exposition of the Talmud

Codes. The Mishneh Torah of Maimonides ; Other deciders; The Tur; The Shulan 'Aruk

Governmental authority. Early forms and institutions of government ; Self-government in exile ; Authority of the rabbis

Humane legislation. Humane laws generally; consideration for animals ; Consideration for human beings

Penal law. Survey of the biblical and Talmudic legislation ; Penal law of the Talmud ; Public wrongs and penalties in the Jewish community

Persons. Rights of the individual ; Marriage and the family ; Termination of marriage; the 'agunah ; Property rights in marriage

Property. Classification of property and interests therein ; Modes of acquisition of property ; Acquisition of property ; Inheritance ; Wills ; Trusteeship ; Mortgage, lien and pledge

Obligations by agreement. Development of binding engagements and modes of contract ; Knowledge, intention, conditions affecting agreements ; Assignment and discharge of contract ; Debt and suretyship ; Formal documents; bonds and notes ; Bailment; hiring of persons and things ; Agency, partnership and corporate bodies

Obligations by wrongful conduct. Harms generally and by mamon, property ; Harms by the person

Courts and procedure. Judges and judicial proceedings; penal causes ; Civil causes : general procedure ; Civil causes : pleading and proof ; Judgment, review and execution in civil causes

Special comment : Jewish law and the state of Israel.

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.