Jewish Law Annual Volume 19

Informationen zum Autor Berachyahu Lifshitz is Professor of Comparative law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem's Faculty of Law. Klappentext Volume 19 of The Jewish Law Annual is a festschrift in honor of Professor Neil S. Hecht. Zusammenfassung Volume 19 of the Jewish Law Annual contains ten articles in English and three in Hebrew. Several discuss classic judicial institutions, including the decision rules–conduct rules dichotomy, the "two witnesses" requirement, the prosbul, and normative transparency. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The Prosbul–A Legal Fiction?; 2. Shame Punishment in Jewish LegalCulture: Some Preliminary Observations; 3. Refusal to Give a Get: Tort Damages and theRecalcitrant Spouse in Contemporary Jewish Law; 4. Ruth’s Conversion: Then and Now, 5. The End of Life in Jewish Law; 6. Man as a Synthesis of Body and Spirit:A Jewish Perspectives; 7. Framing Jewish Law for the Contemporary Law School; 8. Normative Transparency in Jewish Law:Maimonides, R. Moses Sofer and R. Abraham Isaac Kook; 9. The Tort of Negligent Misrepresentation in Investment Planning: A Comparative Analysis; 10. On Conduct Rules and Decision Rules in Jewish Law; 11. Promises in Talmudic Law and Persian Law; 12. Maimonides on the "Two Witnesses" Requirement; 13. The Official Rabbinical Court of Jerusalem (1841-1921), its Composition and Status

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Hanina Ben-Menahem, Ben-Menahem Hanina, Berachyahu Lifshitz, Berachyahu Ben-Menahem Lifshitz, Lifshitz Berachyahu
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.11.2011
• EAN: 9780415619585
• ISBN: 978-0-415-61958-5
• Pagine: 276
• Serie: Jewish Law Annual
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Ebraismo; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, LAW / Jurisprudence, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, International Relations, Jewish Studies, Jurisprudence & general issues, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Law & society, Jurisprudence and general issues, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Law and society, sociology of law