Full Description
A diverse collection of scholarly articles on a variety of topics related to Jewish law. Among the ten articles are two different analyses of the married woman's rights with respect to use of marital property; a study of the principles used by Maimonides in enumerating the precepts; two articles on the question of whether halakhic inferences can be drawn from the interchangeable use of synonymous terms in the Talmud; and a bibliography of the writings of the Boaz Cohen. The chronicle section contains a study of developments pertaining to the litigation surrounding the Kiryas Joel school district and the separation of church and state. The last section of the volume surveys recent literature on biblical and Jewish law.
Contents
1. Maimonides' Fourteen RootsAnalysis 2. The Gentile and Returning Lost Property According to Jewish Law: A Theory of Reciprocity 3. Does the Law of Exodus 21:7-11 Permit a Father to Sell His Daughter to be a Slave? 4. A Bibliography of the Writings of Professor Boaz Cohen 5. Kad and Havit 6. The Married Woman and Her Expense Account: A Study of the Married Woman's Ownership and Use of Marital Property in Jewish Law 7. Kad and Havit-More on the Role of the Stam 8. Natural Law and Halakha-A Critical Analysis 9. Rabbi David Cohen, The Nazir, on Halakhic Exegesis 10. A Comparative Analysis of a Wife's Capacity to Pledge Her Husband's Credit for Domestic Necessities in Anglo-American Law and Jewish Law 11. Part Two: Chronicle Lemon Peels: The Unraveling of a Constitutional Law Doctrine 12. Part Three: Survey of Recent Literature
