This book examines the foundations of Jewish Criminal Law. Part 1 deals with the structure of Jewish Criminal Law. Part 2 analyses those defenses to criminal liability that are fundamental to all systems, ignorance or mistake of law, self-defense, duress

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

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