An Introduction to Jewish Civil LawBiographical references and index. |
Contents
Preface | 1 |
Torah Shebichtav The Written Law | 27 |
Rabbinical | 57 |
FOUR Ownership and Possession | 91 |
FIVE Real Property Ownership and Occupation | 112 |
SIX Decisions | 126 |
SEVEN Of Law Equity and Morality | 145 |
EIGHT Of Law and Illegality | 185 |
NINE Prohibited Transactions | 207 |
TEN Knowledge Intention and Consent | 228 |
Brief Historical Overview 262 | 262 |
Biographical and Bibliographical Notes | 280 |
Glossary | 323 |
Common terms and phrases
accepted according Acronym Akiva Amora Amoraim Aruch Hashulchan Asmachta bailee Bava Batra Bava Kama Bava Metzia Beit betrothal Biblical Chaim Chatam Sofer Chazakah Choshen Mishpat Civil Law claim claimant commentary court creditor death debt debtor decision Devarim dispute document Eretz Yisrael example fact Gaon Ha'ezer Halachah Halachic Hillel Ibid infra intention Israel Jerusalem Jewish Civil Jewish Law Ketubot Ketzot Hachoshen Kiddushin King land leader legislation loan Mishnah Moshe Nachman normally Novellae oath obligation owner ownership party period person Pesach possession presumption principle prohibition purchaser quoted Rabbah Rabbi Rambam Rashba Rashi Rava Remah Responsa responsum Ritva ruling Sanhedrin scholars Scripture Sefer Shabbat Shemot Shevuot Shimon Shmuel status stipulation supra Talmudic tractate Tannaim Temple tion Torah Tosafot tractate which deals transaction valid Vayikra vendor witnesses words Yaakov Yehudah Yosef Yosef Karo