"The Letter Kills, but the Spirit Gives Life"?: On the Relevance of Jewish Concepts of Law for PostModern Legal Theory

Is there anything that a contemporary (post-) modern legal theory could or even should learn from the traditional Jewish concept of law? Before we can look for an answer to this question, we should reply to an obvious objection. Apparently, our question implies that there is "the" Jewish u...

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Authors: Ladeur, Karl-Heinz 1943- (Author) ; Augsberg, Ino 1976- (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 2010
In: Journal of law and religion
Year: 2010, Volume: 26, Issue: 2, Pages: 427-467
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