Jewish Law Annual (Vol 7)

1. Auflage 1988
ISBN: 978-3-7186-0480-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 310 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 612 g

Reihe: Jewish Law Annual

First Published in 1988. The Annual is published under the auspices of The Institute of Jewish Law, Boston University School of Law, in conjunction with the Oxford Centre for Postgraduate Hebrew Studies and the International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists. This volume concludes the symposium on the philosophy of Jewish law which started in Volume 6. It concludes with a response by the late Julius Stone to most of the preceding articles. This edition looks at natural law and Judaism, Halakhah and the Covenant; Jewish attitudes towards the taking of human life; mortality; and a study of Solomon Freehof.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jackson, Bernard S

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Staats- und Verfassungsrecht Staat und Kirche, Religions- und Kirchenrecht
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsphilosophie, Rechtsethik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Rechtsphilosophie, Rechtsethik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1 The philosophy of Jewish law (II): Judaism and natural law, J.D. Bleich; natural law, halakhah and the covenant, D.Novak; the covenant - the transendent thrust in Jewish law, E.N.Dorff; some tensions in the Jewish attitude toward the taking of human life, M.Sokol; the interaction of morality and Jewish law, I.Englard; fact scepticism in Jewish law, A.M.Fuss; Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik's philosophy of halakhah, L.Kaplan; law in Reform Judaism - a study of Solomon Freehof, D.Cohn-Sherbok; leeways of choice, natural law and justice in Jewish legal ordering, J.Stone. Part 2 Survey of recent literature.

Über Autor(innen)

Bernard S Jackson