These articles were written by a wide range of scholars in the fields of Jewish Law and the history of Halakhah, and deal with a variety of aspects of the judicial process in Jewish Law throughout different periods. Based on lectures delivered at a confer

In this volume, legal experts present studies of the world of law in Israel today, while making a unique attempt to predict future developments as part of a natural process of change. The questions "what is desirable'' and "how it can be achieved'' are ad

Explanation and analysis of the principles of the talmudic legal system which appear in the Talmud in a casuistic and incomplete manner. Reveals the inner logic and order underlying Talmudic discussions of the laws governing human social behavior.

A new study on the Jewish law of inheritance and wills. The book treats the development of wills and their various formularies, from the period of the Bible and Talmud until the present, with a critical edition of 70 documents from the Cairo Geniza.

The eleven studies in this book cover a whole range of acute problems in current legislation and Jewish law today, including jurisprudence, laws of contract, family law and torts. Dr. Z. Warhaftig, recipient of the ''Israel Prize'', having been the chairm

The book discusses the main topics of the oath of ''partial admission'' and its history, through critical analysis of the talmudic sources.