Understanding Jewish law / Steven H. Resnicoff.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Resnicoff, Steven H. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Durham, North Carolina : Carolina Academic Press, [2019]
Edition:	Second edition.
Series:	Understanding series (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:	Jewish law. Mishpat Ivri. Study aids.

Table of Contents:

Fundamental Jewish law assumptions
Responsibility for others
Categories of Jewish law rules
Human and institutional authorities
Jewish law literature
Supplemental sources of Jewish law
Extraordinary sources of law : the example of capital punishment
Perspectives on the unfolding of Jewish law
The development of Jewish law
Personal autonomy and Da'at Torah
Illustrative examples of Jewish law innovations
Importance of life
Jewish and secular debtor-creditor and bankruptcy law
Professional ethics and Jewish law : lawyering
Alternative dispute resolution and Jewish law
Methodology : studying Talmud and reaching halakhic conclusions
Selected comparisons and contrasts between Jewish law and American law
Appendix 1. Glossary
Appendix 2. Selected list of Post-Talmudic Jewish law scholars and scholarship
Appendix 3. Transliterations
Appendix 4. Internet resources on Jewish law
Appendix 5. Jewish law resources (non-Internet) for study of the Mishnah, Talmuds, Mishneh Torah and Shulhan Arukh
Appendix 6. Selected bibliography of books and journals in English
Appendix 7. Brief outline of the development of Jewish law literature
Appendix 8. A brief chart of Jewish legal and national history
Appendix 9. Jewish scripture.

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