1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910136613903321

Autore

Berman Saul J.

Titolo

Boundaries of loyalty : testimony against fellow Jews in non-Jewish courts / / Saul J. Berman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2016

ISBN

1-316-81735-0

1-316-81807-1

1-316-81819-5

1-107-46283-5

1-316-11129-6

1-316-81831-4

1-316-81879-9

1-316-81843-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 239 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

347/.066

Soggetti

Informers (Jewish law)

Witnesses (Jewish law)

Conflict of laws (Jewish law)

Criminal jurisdiction

Legal polycentricity

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 01 Nov 2016).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The use of non-Jewish courts : the Tannaitic period -- Legislative constraint on testimony : the Amoraic period -- Rejected rationales of testimonial restriction : the Gaonic period into the period of the Rishonim -- Creation of a duty to testify against fellow Jews in non-Jewish courts in the period of the Rishonim : i.e. under what circumstances could testimony in an honest non-Jewish court be required by Jewish law (and testimony then be permissible even in corrupt non-Jewish courts)? -- The tension between responsa and codification : not every good ruling makes a good rule Maharam Mintz, Rabbi Joseph Caro and Rabbi Moshe Isserlis -- Further expansion of the duty to testify against fellow Jews in non-Jewish courts in the



period of the Acharonim : R. Yaacov Emden -- Contemporary attempts to revert to the original law of Rava : expanding the boundaries of loyalty -- Conclusion : reflections on loyalty and law.

Sommario/riassunto

Talmudic legislation prescribed penalty for a Jew to testify in a non-Jewish court, against a fellow Jew, to benefit a gentile - for breach of a duty of loyalty to a fellow Jew. Through close textual analysis, Saul Berman explores how Jewish jurists responded when this virtue of loyalty conflicted with values such as Justice, avoidance of desecration of God's Name, deterrence of crime, defence of self, protection of Jewish community, and the duty to adhere to Law of the Land. Essential for scholars and graduate students in Talmud, Jewish law and comparative law, this key volume details the nature of these loyalties as values within the Jewish legal system, and how the resolution of these conflicts was handled. Berman additionally explores why this issue has intensified in contemporary times and how the related area of 'Mesirah' has wrongfully come to be prominently associated with this law regulating testimony.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910806141703321

Autore

Thomson William <1949->

Titolo

A guide for the young economist / / William Thomson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2011

ISBN

0-262-29765-5

0-262-29854-6

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (185 pages)

Disciplina

808/.06633

Soggetti

Economics - Research

Economics - Authorship

Academic writing

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based on: online resource; title from pdf title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed January 15, 2021)

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover ; Contents; Preface to the First Edition; Acknowledgments; 1



Being a Graduate Student in Economics; 2 Writing Papers; 3 Giving Talks; 4 Writing Referee Reports; Insert

Sommario/riassunto

Detailed advice on writing papers, giving presentations, and refereeing, plus an essential guide to the basics of being a graduate student in economics.