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Author Hain, Elana Stein, author.

Title Circumventing the law : rabbinic perspectives on loopholes and legal integrity / Elana Stein Hain
Published Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2024]
©2024

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Description 1 online resource
Series Jewish culture and contexts
Jewish culture and contexts.
Contents 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
Summary "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"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (JSTOR platform, viewed April 5, 2024)
Subject Jewish law -- Interpretation and construction.
Rabbinical literature -- History and criticism
Jewish law -- Philosophy
Integrity -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.
HISTORY / Jewish
Integrity -- Religious aspects -- Judaism
Jewish law -- Interpretation and construction
Jewish law -- Philosophy
Rabbinical literature
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781512824414
1512824410