Part I – Mishneh Torah Studies
Introduction | 3 |
Pierre Legendre, The Work and Method of Western Jurists in the XIIth Century. | 6 |
Haim H. Cohn, Maimondean Theories of Codification | 15 |
Shamma Friedman, The Organizational Pattern of the Mishneh Torah | 37 |
Jacob I. Dienstag, The Relationship of Maimonides to his Predecessors: Part I, Midrashic Literature | 42 |
Nachum L. Rabinovitch, Mishneh Torah-Code and Commentary | 61 |
Lenn Evan Goodman, Maimonides' Philosophy of Law | 72 |
Gerald G. Blindstein, Maimonides on 'Oral Law'. | 108 |
Daniel Jeremy Silver, "Moses our Teacher was a King" | 123 |
Jacob S. Levinger, Maimonides as Philosopher and Codifier. | 133 |
Shmuel Shilo, Maimonides on "Dina de-malkhuta Dina (The Law of the State is Law)" | 146 |
Bernard S. Jackson, Maimonides' Definitions of Tam and Mu'ad | 168 |
Part II – Chronicle
Current Responsa, Decisions of Batei Din, and Rabbinical Literature | 179 |
Impotence as Grounds for Divorce (J. David Bleich) | 184 |
Tenure (J. David Bleich) | 187 |
Sterilization (G.B Haliarad) | 192 |
Euthanasia (G.B Halibard) | 196 |
Jewish Law in the Judgements of the Supreme Court of the State of Israel (M. Bass, D. Cheshin) | 200 |
Notes | 213 |
The Race Relations Act, 1976 (Robert Merkin) | 213 |
Refusal to Testify as a protected First Amendment Religious Right (Bernard J. Meislin) | 219 |
Child Custody: Compelling a Jewish Upbrigning (Bernard J. Meislin) | 221 |
Recognition of Bet Din Juridstiction (Bernard J. Meislin) | 223 |
Civil Court Enforcement of Agreement to Obtain a "get" (Bernard J. Meislin) | 228 |
The Status of a Foreign "Get" in Belgium (M.D.A. Freeman) | 228 |
Leviticus XVIII, The Forbidden Degrees and the Law of Incest in Scotland (David Sellar) | 229 |
Some Legal Aspects of the Entebbe Incident (Malcolm N. Shaw) | 232 |
Survey of Recent Literature | 243 |