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| Title |
Jewish law and American law : a comparative study / Samuel J. Levine. |
|---|---|
| Publisher |
New York : Touro College Press |
| Distributor |
Brighton, MA : Academic Studies Press. |
| Creation Date |
2018 |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Content |
Section One. The Comparative Study of Jewish Law and American Law: An Introduction -- 1. Teaching Jewish Law in American Law Schools: An Emerging Development in Law and Religion -- 2. Applying Jewish Legal Theory in the Context of American Law and Legal Scholarship: A Methodological Analysis -- 3. An Introduction to Interpretation in Jewish Law, with References to American Legal Theory -- 4. An Introduction to Legislation in Jewish Law, with References to the American Legal System -- Section Two. Capital Punishment -- 5. Capital Punishment in Jewish Law and Its Application to the American Legal System: A Conceptual Overview -- 6. Playing God: An Essay on Law, Philosophy, and American Capital Punishment -- Section Three. Self-Incrimination -- 7. An Introduction to Self-Incrimination in Jewish Law, with Application to the American Legal System: A Psychological and Philosophical Analysis -- 8. Miranda, Dickerson, and Jewish Legal Theory: The Constitutional Rule in a Comparative Analytical Framework -- Section Four. Constitutional Theory -- 9. Unenumerated Constitutional Rights and Unenumerated Biblical Obligations: A Preliminary Study in Comparative Hermeneutics -- 10. Rules and Standards in Jewish Law and American Constitutional Law -- 11. Of Inkblots and Omnisignificance: Conceptualizing Secondary and Symbolic Functions of the Ninth Amendment in a Comparative Hermeneutic Framework -- Section Five. Legal Practice -- 12. Reflections on the Practice of Law as a Religious Calling from a Perspective of Jewish Law and Ethics -- 13. A Look at American Legal Practice through a Perspective of Jewish Law, Ethics, and Tradition: A Conceptual Overview -- 14. Taking Ethics Codes Seriously: Broad Ethics Provisions and Unenumerated Ethical Obligations in a Comparative Hermeneutic Framework -- 15. Taking Prosecutorial Ethics Seriously: A Consideration of the Prosecutor's Ethical Obligation to "Seek Justice" in a Comparative Analytical Framework -- 16. Taking Ethical Obligations Seriously: A Look at American Codes of Professional Responsibility through a Perspective of Jewish Law and Ethics. -- 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. |
| Extent |
2 volumes (volumes 1-2) 25 cm. |
| Language |
English |
| Copyright Date |
©2018 |
| National Library system number |
990041078720205171 |
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