This volume contributes to the growing field of comparative Jewish and American law, presenting twenty-six essays characterized by a number of distinct features. The essays will appeal to legal scholars and, at the same time, will be accessible and of interest to a more general audience of intellectually curious readers. These contributions are faithful to Jewish law on its own terms, while applying comparative methods to offer fresh perspectives on complex issues in the Jewish legal system. Through careful comparative analysis, the essays also turn to Jewish law to provide insights into substantive and conceptual areas of the American legal system, particularly areas of American law that are complex, controversial, and unsettled.
Price: $35.00
Pages: 238
Publisher: Academic Studies Press
Imprint: Touro University Press
Series: Touro University Press
Publication Date:
28 July 2020
Trim Size: 9.21 X 6.14 in
ISBN: 9781644694626
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
Comparative law, History of constitution and comparative constitutional law
“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.
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
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