Description
Maimonides lived in Spain and Egypt in the twelfth century, and is perhaps the most widely studied figure in Jewish history. This book presents, for the first time, Maimonides' complete tort theory and how it compares with other tort theories both in the Jewish world and beyond. Drawing on sources old and new as well as religious and secular, Maimonides and Contemporary Tort Theory offers fresh interdisciplinary perspectives on important moral, consequentialist, economic, and religious issues that will be of interest to both religious and secular scholars. The authors mention several surprising points of similarity between certain elements of theories recently formulated by North American scholars and the Maimonidean theory. Alongside these similarities significant differences are also highlighted, some of them deriving from conceptual-jurisprudential differences and some from the difference between religious law and secular-liberal law.
Presents Maimonides' complete tort theory, and how it compares with other tort theories both in the Jewish world and beyond.
About the Author
Yuval Sinai is the President of Orot Israel College. He served as a Visiting Professor at Yale University, McGill University, Hebrew University and Bar Ilan University, as well as Associate Professor of Law at the School of Law at Netanya College. He has received grants from the Israel Science Foundation and Schusterman Foundation, and has received the Riklis Prize for studies in Jewish law. Benjamin Shmueli is Associate Professor at Bar-Ilan University law school, Israel. He has previously served as a Senior Research Scholar at Yale Law School and a Visiting Professor at Duke Law School. He has received grants from the Israel Science Foundation, The Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture, the Schusterman Foundation, and the Israel Institute Research Grant. He has also received the Riklis Prize for studies in Jewish law.
Book Information
ISBN 9781107179295
Author Yuval Sinai
Format Hardback
Page Count 400
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 750g
Dimensions(mm) 240mm * 160mm * 30mm
Presents Maimonides' complete tort theory, and how it compares with other tort theories both in the Jewish world and beyond.
About the Author
Yuval Sinai is the President of Orot Israel College. He served as a Visiting Professor at Yale University, McGill University, Hebrew University and Bar Ilan University, as well as Associate Professor of Law at the School of Law at Netanya College. He has received grants from the Israel Science Foundation and Schusterman Foundation, and has received the Riklis Prize for studies in Jewish law. Benjamin Shmueli is Associate Professor at Bar-Ilan University law school, Israel. He has previously served as a Senior Research Scholar at Yale Law School and a Visiting Professor at Duke Law School. He has received grants from the Israel Science Foundation, The Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture, the Schusterman Foundation, and the Israel Institute Research Grant. He has also received the Riklis Prize for studies in Jewish law.
Book Information
ISBN 9781107179295
Author Yuval Sinai
Format Hardback
Page Count 400
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 750g
Dimensions(mm) 240mm * 160mm * 30mm
