An introduction to Jewish law / François-Xavier Licari.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Licari, François-Xavier, author.

Standardized Title:

Droit talmudique. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Mishpat Ivri.

Jewish law--Interpretation and construction.

Jewish law.

Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.

Jews.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 163 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2019.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

Jewish law is a singular legal system that has been evolving for generations. Often conflated with Biblical law or Israeli law, Jewish law needs to be studied in its own right. An Introduction to Jewish Law expounds the general structure of Jewish law and presents the cardinal principles of this religious legal system. An introduction to modern Jewish law as it applies to the daily life of Jews around the world, this volume presents Jewish law in a way that answers all the questions that a student of comparative law would ask when encountering an unfamiliar legal system. Sources of Jewish law such as revelation, rabbinical and communal legislation, judicial decisions, and legal reasoning are defined and analyzed, and the authority of who decides what Jewish law is and why their decisions are binding is investigated.

Contents:

Jewish law as a subject for study

Jewish law as a religious legal order

The sources of jewish law

Halachic authority

Hermeneutics

Jewish law and the law of nations : the administration of legal pluralism

Concluding remarks.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 13 Mar 2019).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781108379878

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.