Week 2: The Legal Sources of Jewish Law and its Contemporary Application
Required Reading (BA and MA)
An Introduction to the History and Sources of Jewish Law, pp.106-108, 111-114 (Segal), 184-188, 190-91 (Lifschitz), 214-219 (Libson), 284-87 (Shochetman), 362-368 (Fram), ch.16 (Ben-Menahem
Required Reading (MA)
Elon, M., "The Sources and Nature of Jewish Law and its Application in the State of Israel", Israel Law Review 4 (1967-68), Pts. I-III (Per.Law: Red 3 ISRAEL)
Further Reading:
Ben-Menachem, Hanina, Judicial Deviation in Talmudic Law, Harwood, 1991 (on order)
Ben-Menahem, H. and N.S. Hecht., Selected Topics in Jewish Law. Tel Aviv: The Open University of Israel, Vol.2 = "Exigency Authority of Courts" (not in JRUL: ask BSJ)
Ben-Menahem, H. and N.S. Hecht., Selected Topics in Jewish Law. Tel Aviv: The Open University of Israel, Vol.3 = "Law and Equity in Jewish Law" (not in JRUL: ask BSJ)
Cohn, "Prolegomena to the Theory and History of Jewish Law", in Essays in Jurisprudence in Honor of Roscoe Pound (1962), 44-81 (Green 3, 340.04/P21)
Cohn, H.H., "Ancient Jewish Equity", in R. Newman, ed., Equity in the World's Legal Systems (1973), 45-73 (Green 3, 340.58/C62)
Dorff, E.N., and A. Rosett, A Living Tree, State University of New York Press, 1988, pp.54-82, 185-204, 402-437 (Short Loan: 349.33/D3)
Elon, M., "Ma'aseh", in Encyclopedia Judaica vol. XI:641-649 (Folio Theol.Ref. 296/E27)
Elon, M., "Minhag", in Encyclopedia Judaica vol. XII:4-26
Elon, M., "Sevarah", in Encyclopedia Judaica vol. XIV:1195-1198
Elon, M., "Takkanot", in Encyclopedia Judaica vol. V:628-656
Elon, M., Jewish Law, History, Sources, Principles (Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 1994), 4 vols., chs.6-7, 13-14, 21-24 (Blue 4, 349.33/E1)
Jackson, B.S., "Jewish Law or Jewish Laws", The Jewish Law Annual 8 (1989), 15-34 (Per.Religion: Blue 4, JEWISH)
Jacobs, L., "Hermeneutic Rules", in Encyclopedia Judaica vol. VIII:366-371 (Folio Theol.Ref. 296/E27)
Kirschenbaum, A., Equity in Jewish Law, Hoboken, New Jersey: Ktav Publishing House Inc., and New York: Yeshiva University Press, 1991, 2 vols. (Green 3, 349.33/K33-34)
Lamm, N. and Kirschenbaum, A., "Freedom and Constraint in the Jewish Judicial Process", Cardozo Law Review (1979), 99 (not in JRUL: ask BSJ)
Lewittes, M., Jewish Law. An Introduction (London and N.J.: Jason Aronsosn, 1987) (Blue 4, 349.33/L2)
Rakover, N., Modern Applications of Jewish Law, Vol. I pp. 93-113 (Jerusalem: Library of Jewish Law, 1992, 2 vols.), Short Loan 349.33/R3
Rakover, N., A Guide to the Sources of Jewish Law, Jerusalem: Jewish Legal Heritage Society, 1994 (Green 3, 349.33/R2)
Roth, J., The Halakhic Process: A Systemic Analysis. NY: Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 1986 (Blue Flr 4 296.3/R92)
Shochetman , E., "The Power to Render a Lenient Ruling: "Koah dehetera adif"", in B.S. Jackson and S.M. Passamaneck, eds., The Jeruslem 1990 Conference Volume (Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1992: Jewish Law Association Studies, VI), pp.125-155 (Blue 4, 349.33/J4)
Urbach, E.E., The Halakhah: Its Sources and Development. Ramat-Gan, Israel: Massada, 1986 (on order)
see also material at http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~elsegal/TalmudPage.html
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