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

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 collection of studies on Jewish law and Halakhah dealing with essential aspects of the law regarding subjects such as debt obligation of inheritance, death penalty for Noahides, laws of matrimony, and with halakhic issues from an historical and philosop

A systematic explanation of the basic principles of talmudic criminal law and the theory according to which transgressors and transgressions of the law are judged. Purpose and intention, compulsion and mistake, inadvertence and recklessness, negligence an

This book examines the theory and practice of the suspended sentence in Israel compared to other countries. After describing the uniqueness of the Israeli suspended sentence, the book examines each section of the statute establishing this form of sentence