Understanding Jewish law / Steven H. Resnicoff.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Resnicoff, Steven H., author.

Series:

Understanding series (New York, N.Y.)

Carolina Academic Press Understanding series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jewish law.

Mishpat Ivri.

Physical Description:

xviii, 329 pages ; 26 cm.

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Durham, North Carolina : Carolina Academic Press, [2019]

Contents:

Fundamental Jewish law assumptions

Responsibility for others

Categories of Jewish law rules

Human and institutional authorities

Jewish law literature

Supplemental sources of Jewish law

Extraordinary sources of law : the example of capital punishment

Perspectives on the unfolding of Jewish law

The development of Jewish law

Personal autonomy and Da'at Torah

Illustrative examples of Jewish law innovations

Importance of life

Jewish and secular debtor-creditor and bankruptcy law

Professional ethics and Jewish law : lawyering

Alternative dispute resolution and Jewish law

Methodology : studying Talmud and reaching halakhic conclusions

Selected comparisons and contrasts between Jewish law and American law

Appendix 1. Glossary

Appendix 2. Selected list of Post-Talmudic Jewish law scholars and scholarship

Appendix 3. Transliterations

Appendix 4. Internet resources on Jewish law

Appendix 5. Jewish law resources (non-internet) for study of the Mishnah, Talmuds, Mishneh Torah and Shulhan Arukh

Appendix 6. Selected bibliography of books and journals in English

Appendix 7. Brief outline of the development of Jewish law literature

Appendix 8. A brief chart of Jewish legal and national history

Appendix 9. Jewish scripture.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Edition:

Revision of: 9781422490204 Resnicoff, Steven H. New Providence, NJ : LexisNexis, ©2012

ISBN:

9781611639568

1611639565

OCLC:

1082296590

Publisher Number:

99980587419