1st Edition

Jewish Law Annual Volume 20

Edited By Berachyahu Lifshitz Copyright 2013
360 Pages
by Routledge

360 Pages
by Routledge

360 Pages
by Routledge

Volume 20 of The Jewish Law Annual features six detailed studies. The first three articles consider questions which fall under the rubric of halakhic methodology. The final three articles address substantive questions regarding privacy, cohabitation and medical triage. All three ‘methodological’ articles discuss creative interpretation of legal sources. Two (Cohen and Gilat) consider the... Read more

1. Midrashic Exegesis and Legal Creativity in the Meshekh Hokhma, Yitshak Cohen  2. Exegetical Creativity in Interpreting the Biblical Laws on Capital Offenses, Israel Zvi Gilat  3. Problematic Halakhic ‘Creativity’ in Israeli Rabbinical Court Rulings, Amihai Radzyner  4. Privacy in Jewish Law: A Historical and Conceptual Analysis, Arye Schreiber  5. HIV Vaccine Triage: Halakhic Considerations, Shalom C. Spira and Mark A. Wainberg  6. Contractual Consequences of Cohabitation in American Law and Jewish Law, Ronnie Warburg  7. Book Review: Yuval Sinai, Application of Jewish Law in the Israeli Courts, Steven F. Friedell

Biography

Berachuahu Lifshitz is Professor at the Faculty of Law, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel