“Levine’s recently published two-volume work, Jewish Law and American Law: A Comparative Study, is primarily a collection of his impressive contributions to the Jewish comparative project over the past three decades. A quick perusal of the two volumes serves as a ready reminder of why Levine has long been one of the academics central to Jewish law’s rise in the American legal academy. Covering his wide range of Jewish law writings, the two volumes traverse significant legal terrain, focusing on the areas of Levine’s primary scholarly emphasis. … For those interested in both Jewish law in particular, and religious law in general, [Jewish Law and American Law] serve[s] as [an] extraordinary exploration within the Jewish comparative law project.” —Michael A. Helfand, American Journal of Comparative Law, Vol. 67 No. 1

— Michael A. Helfand

Samuel J. Levine is Professor of Law and Director of the Jewish Law Institute at Touro Law Center. He has also served as the Beznos Distinguished Professor at Michigan State University College of Law, and he has taught at the law schools at Bar-Ilan, Fordham, Pepperdine, and St. John’s Universities.

Introduction 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 Index