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This volume contributes to the growing field of comparative Jewish and American law, turning to Jewish law to provide insights into substantive and conceptual areas of the American legal system, particularly areas of American law that are complex, controversial, and unsettled.
List of contents
Section Six. Law and Narrative
17. Halacha and Aggada: Translating Robert Cover¿s Nomos and Narrative
18. Professionalism without Parochialism: Julius Henry Cohen, Rabbi Nachman of Breslov, and the Stories of Two Sons
Section Seven. Legal History
19. Lost in Translation: The Strange Journey of an Anti-Semitic Fabrication, from a Late Nineteenth Century Russian Newspaper to an Irish Legal Journal to a Leading Twentieth Century American Criminal Law Textbook
20. Louis Marshall, Julius Henry Cohen, Benjamin Cardozo, and the New York Emergency Rent Laws of 1920: A Case Study in the Role of Jewish Lawyers and Jewish Law in Early Twentieth-Century Public Interest Litigation
21. Jewish Law from out of the Depths: Tragic Choices in the Holocaust
22. Untold Stories of Goldman v. Weinberger: Religious Freedom Confronts Military Uniformity
23. Richard Posner Meets Reb Chaim of Brisk: A Comparative Study in the Founding of Intellectual Legal Movements
Section Eight. Law and Public Policy
24. Reflections on Responsibilities in the Public Square through a Perspective of Jewish Tradition: A Brief Biblical Survey
25. Looking beyond the Mercy/Justice Dichotomy: Reflections on the Complementary Roles of Mercy and Justice in Jewish Law and Tradition
26. Teshuva: A Look at Repentance, Forgiveness, and Atonement in Jewish Law and Philosophy and American Legal Thought
Index
About the author
Samuel J. Levine is Professor of Law and Director of the Jewish Law Institute at Touro Law Center. He has also served as the Beznos Distinguished Professor at Michigan State University College of Law, and he has taught at the law schools at Bar-Ilan, Fordham, Pepperdine, and St. John¿s Universities.
Summary
Contributes to the growing field of comparative Jewish and American law, presenting twenty-six essays characterized by a number of distinct features. The essays will appeal to legal scholars and, at the same time, will be accessible and of interest to a more general audience of intellectually curious readers.
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“Samuel Levine’s two-volume book, Jewish Law and American
Law: A Comparative Study, makes an important contribution to comparative
law studies of criminal and constitutional law (volume 1), and analyses of law
and narrative, legal history and law and public policy (volume 2). Lawyers, law
students, and scholars of the legal profession are likely to be particularly
interested in Section Five of volume 1, consisting of five chapters comparing
the Jewish and U.S. legal systems. In a concise and enlightening fashion,
Professor Levine explores numerous legal profession topics, offering contextual
insights and raising ideas for future analysis.” —Eli Wald, JOTWELL
