A Living Tree: The Roots and Growth of Jewish Law

Dorff, Elliot N.; Rossett, Arthur

ISBN 10: 0887064604 / ISBN 13: 9780887064609

Published by State University of New York Press, 1987

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Living Tree: The Roots and Growth of Jewish Law
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0887064604
• ISBN 13: 9780887064609
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 30 ounces

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Synopsis

This book examines biblical and rabbinic law as a coherent, continuing legal tradition. It explains the relationship between religion and law and the interaction between law and morality. Abundant selections from primary Jewish sources, many newly translated, enable the reader to address the tradition directly as a living body of law with emphasis on the concerns that are primary for lawyers, legislators, and judges. Through an in-depth examination of personal injury law and marriage and divorce law, the book explores jurisprudential issues important for any legal system and displays the primary characteristics of Jewish law.

A Living Tree will be of special interest to students of law and to Jews curious about the legal dimensions of their tradition. The authors provide sufficient explanations of the sources and their significance to make it unnecessary for the reader to have a background in either Jewish studies or law.

About the Author

Elliot N. Dorff is Provost and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Judaism. Arthur Rosett is Professor of Law at the University of California at Los Angeles.