Jewish Law
Jewish Law
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Introduction
This entry explores the history, literature and process of Jewish law. Together with the sources and structure of Jewish law, the entry examines the dynamics of the legal system by looking at such areas as: biblical interpretation in civil and ritual law, capital punishment, self-incrimination, the duty of confidentiality, abortion, the interaction of Jewish law with other legal systems, and the application of Jewish law in the Israeli legal system.
Legal Materials
Menachem Elon's four-volume Jewish Law: History, Sources, Principles (Jewish Publication Society) provides a good overview of Jewish law. Other useful treatises include An Introduction to the History and Sources of Jewish Law (Oxford University Press) and Jewish Law and Legal Theory (New York University Press). The "Jewish Law" section of Religious Legal Systems: A Brief Guide to Research and Its Role in Comparative Law by Marylin Johnson Raisch discusses the basic sources of Jewish law and links to online resources. See also, David Hollander's "Jewish Law for the Law Librarian," 98(2) Law Library Journal 219 (Spring 2006).
Jewish law. Halakah
Contents. Halakah
Even ha-?ezer law (General)
H . oshen mishpat. law (General)
Mishpat Ivri
Bibliography
Monographic series
Legal Education . Study and teaching
General works
The concept of Jewish law
Sources of Jewish law (Mishpat Ivri)
Methodology of law development
Influence of other legal systems on Jewish law
Law reform and policies. Criticism
Concepts applying to several branches of the law, A-Z
Private law
Conflict of laws. Plurality of laws conflict
Assistance in emergencies
Persons
Domestic relations. Family law
Guardian and ward. Apotropos
Inheritance and succession
Gifts. Charitable gifts. Donations
Dinei mamonot
Social laws and legislation
Courts and procedure
Public law. The state and the Jewish community. Kehillah
Constitutional law. Constitutional principles of the Jewish community
Administrative law and process of communal agencies
Civil service. Employees of communal agencies
Police and public safety
Public property. Communal property. Restraints on private property
Public health
Medical legislation
Birth control. Family planning
Environmental law
Cultural affairs
Economic law
Transportation and communication
Professions
Public finance
Measures in time of war, national emergency, or economic crisis
Criminal law and procedure
Community defense. Military law
Online Legal Resources: Jewish Law Sites
American Jewish Congress Commission on Law and Social Action
ADL Publications - Includes online publications covering topics including Anti-Semitism, Church-State/Discrimination, Extremists, Hate Crimes, Hate on the Internet, Holocaust Denial, International, Israel, LaRouche, Left Wing Political Cult, Militia, Nation of Islam, and Skinheads
Babylonian Talmud - includes codes of law
Basic Law of Israel from the International Constitutional Law Network
Hebrew Law from Washington State University
Israeli Law from the Internet Law Library
Jewish Law: Examining Halacha, Jewish Issues and Secular Law
Jewish Law - Halachic Forms - Halachic Living Will, Prenuptial and Postnuptial Agreement Forms, etc.
Literature of the Holocaust from the University of Pennsylvania
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Conclusion
The Legal History of jewish law
This section provides an overview of jewish law
Resources
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Legal Traditions
Historical Laws
History of Law
Resources
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Further Reading
jewish law in the Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History (Oxford University Press)
The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Political and Legal History (Oxford University Press)
jewish law in the Dictionary of Concepts in History, by Harry Ritter
A Short History of Western Legal Theory, by John Kelly
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