Jewish law and international law : sovereignty and exogenous authority in a transnational world / Michael J. Broyde, Yehonatan Elazar-De Mota.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Broyde, Michael J., author.

Elazar De Mota, Yehonatan, 1981- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jewish law.

International law (Jewish law).

International law.

International law--Religious aspects--Judaism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, [2025]

Summary:

Explores the complex relationship between Jewish law (halakhah) and international law, emphasising the shared characteristics and potential synergies between these two legal systems.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments and Dedications

About the Authors

Glossary of Hebrew Terms

1 An Introduction to Jewish Law and an Introduction to International Law: Two Legal Systems that Transcend Territoriality

Introduction

Thinking about International Law and Jewish Law Together

How We Think about International Law

How We Think about Jewish Law

Similarities between International Law and Jewish Law: Three Talmudic Cases

Three Cases of International Law

Conclusions

Bibliography

2 Jewish Law and Incorporation of Local Law: Theories of Why, What, and When

The Application of International Law within Jewish Law

Treaties in Jewish Law

Treaties Binding on Non-Jews

Treaties and Torah

Examples from the Nação

Jewish Law and a Case of Piracy

Jewish Law and Inheritance

Developments after the Eighteenth Century

Jewish Law and Secular Domestic Law

3 Areas of Incorporation of International Law: War and Humanitarian Law

The Development of Just War Theory and Jewish Law

The Problem of Territoriality

War in Halakhah

The Universality of a "Scrap of Paper"

Distinction between Jewish and Universal Applicability

Halakhic Sources of Just War Theory

War in Classical Jewish Law

War, Halakhah, and International Law

Translating International Law into Halakhic Language

Halakhah and Humanitarian Law

Challenges and Complexities with Legal Symbiosis

4 Areas of Incorporation of International Law: Copyright Law

Jewish Copyright Law: A Model for Secular Law

Issues of Copyright Law

Some Specific Cases

Halakhic Approaches to Copyright

Commercial Law and Halakhah

Possible Pitfalls

5 Jewish Law and International Law: The Past

Legal Discrimination.

Early Jewish Perspectives on Natural Law

Nineteenth-Century Developments

Twentieth-Century Developments

A Summary of Jewish Intellectual and Legal History

6 Jewish Law and International Law: The Present

Four Jewish Views of International Law

International Law within a Jewish Framework

Human Rights

Women's Rights

Jewish Law and Refugees

Children's Rights

Conclusion

7 Jewish Law and Antisemitic Legal Systems: The Past, Present, and Future

Conditions of Equality and Fairness

The Example of Anti-Jewish Sentiments in Medieval Spain

The Ottoman Example

Nazi Germany

Laws about Circumcision

Legislation about Ritual Slaughter

Antisemitism versus Unfairness in Law

8 Jewish Law and International Law: The Future

Contemporary Discourse: Jewish Law and International Law

Urbanization and International Law

Lessons from Silicon Valley

Lessons for and from Jewish Law

The Importance of Judges

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on February 3, 2025).

ISBN:

0-19-780526-4

0-19-780527-2

0-19-780525-6

OCLC:

1472989002