Circumventing the law: rabbinic perspectives on loopholes and legal integrity
Cover -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. (When) Do Circumventions Disrespect the Law -- Chapter 2. Being Explicit About Legal Values and Integrity -- Chapter 3. Romans as Jurists, Rabbis as Lawyers -- Chapter 4. Ha'aramah and Intent...
| Summary: | Cover -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. (When) Do Circumventions Disrespect the Law -- Chapter 2. Being Explicit About Legal Values and Integrity -- Chapter 3. Romans as Jurists, Rabbis as Lawyers -- Chapter 4. Ha'aramah and Intention -- Chapter 5. Ha'aramah in the Bavli: Discomfort with Ritualized Intention -- Chapter 6. Ha'aramah and Contemporary Legal Theory -- Epilogue. Ha'aramah and Takkanot -- Appendix. Comparing the Yerushalmi's and the Bavli's Use of Ha'aramah Terminology and Concept -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments. "This book traces rabbinic thought on the near-universal phenomenon of legal circumventions, finding licit ways to achieve otherwise illegal outcomes. Rabbinic literature does not fully reject or accept loopholing, but instead determine acceptability based on whether their outcome and their process maintain the values and the integrity of the law"-- |
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| Item Description: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 232 pages) |
| ISBN: | 978-1-5128-2441-4 |
