François-Xavier Licari

An Introduction to Jewish Law

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This is the first book to present a systematic and synthetic introduction to Jewish law.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 178
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. März 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 419g
• ISBN-13: 9781108421973
• ISBN-10: 1108421970
• Artikelnr.: 54321773

Autorenporträt

François-Xavier Licari is Associate Professor of Private and Comparative Law at the University of Lorraine, France. He has published numerous articles in French, German and US law journals including The American Journal of Comparative Law, Louisiana Law Review, and Tulane Law Review. He has published and edited books on Theory of Law including a French translation of this current book.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Jewish law as a subject for study
2. Jewish law as a religious legal order
3. The sources of Jewish law
4. Halachic authority
5. Hermeneutics
6. Jewish law and the law of nations: the administration of legal pluralism.