00000nam 2200000 4500 INLIS000000000002551 20221027021850 0010-0520002551 221027################|##########|#eng## 1 85521 196 3 eng 340.58 340.58 JEW Jewish Law and Legal Theory Jewish Law and Legal Theory : International Library Of Essays In Law &Legal Theory Legal Cultures 4 / Edited by : Martin P. Golding Aldershot : Harvard University Press, 1994 xviii, 578p.; 25 cm ; 25 cm Indeks : P. 575-578 This collection of essays is intended to introduce the english language reader to a discussion of issues in the theory of jewish law. Of jewish law it has been said that it is an independent legal system embracing most of the subjeck to be found in any system of positive law. but it also embraces much more. The traditional term for jewish law, in its widest sense, is ' Halakhah'. Aside from such standard civil or secular law subject as contracts and torts the halakhah includes religious and ritual or ceremonial law. The menaing of the term is often traced to the Hebrew halokh to walk. Law 09247/MKRI-P/XI-2008 09247/MKRI-P/XI-2008