Jewish Biomedical Law

Legal and Extra-Legal Dimensions
Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-0-19-826827-7
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 622 g

Jewish Biomedical Law deals with the controversial issues of abortion, assisted reproduction, genetics, the obligation to heal, patient autonomy, treatment of the terminally ill, the definition of death, organ donations, and the allocation of scarce medical resources in Jewish Law.

The volume focuses upon the complex interplay between legal and moral elements in the decision-making process, particularly when questions of life and death (such as abortion and treatment of the terminally ill) are involved. Sinclair argues that the moral element in Jewish biomedical law is of a universal, rational nature, and its theoretical basis may be located in a weak form of Natural law theory regarding the value of human life in the Jewish legal tradition.

The concept of patient autonomy in Jewish biomedical law is more limited than in contemporary liberal jurisprudence, and is based upon theological as well as strictly legal elements. The influence of scientific thinking upon the decision-making process in Jewish biomedical law is illustrated in a discussion of the contemporary debate concerning the permissibility of heart transplants.

In most chapters, Jewish law is compared and contrasted with Canon and Common Law, and the volume also discusses the role played by Jewish biomedical law in modern, secular Israeli law. In this context, it addresses the thorny issue of combining religious law with democratic principles within the framework of a secular legal system.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sinclair, Daniel

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Jüdisches Recht
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizinische Ethik
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Jüdisches Recht
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung Medizinische Ethik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizinrecht, Gesundheitsrecht
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Beziehungen des Rechts zu anderen Disziplinen

Über Autor(innen)

Rabbi Daniel Sinclair is Professor of Jewish Comparative Biomedical Law at the College of Management Academic Studies in Tel-Aviv.