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
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...
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New York :
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[1953]
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Table of 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.
