LEADER 03677nam 22006012 450 001 9910136613903321 005 20230117221416.0 010 $a1-316-81735-0 010 $a1-316-81807-1 010 $a1-316-81819-5 010 $a1-107-46283-5 010 $a1-316-11129-6 010 $a1-316-81831-4 010 $a1-316-81879-9 010 $a1-316-81843-8 035 $a(CKB)3710000000894274 035 $a(EBL)4697953 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781316111291 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4697953 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000894274 100 $a20140602d2016|||| uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aBoundaries of loyalty $etestimony against fellow Jews in non-Jewish courts /$fSaul J. Berman 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (xiii, 239 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 01 Nov 2016). 311 0 $a1-107-09065-2 311 0 $a1-316-81867-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe 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. 330 $aTalmudic 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. 606 $aInformers (Jewish law) 606 $aWitnesses (Jewish law) 606 $aConflict of laws (Jewish law) 606 $aCriminal jurisdiction 606 $aLegal polycentricity 615 0$aInformers (Jewish law) 615 0$aWitnesses (Jewish law) 615 0$aConflict of laws (Jewish law) 615 0$aCriminal jurisdiction. 615 0$aLegal polycentricity. 676 $a347/.066 700 $aBerman$b Saul J.$01075052 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910136613903321 996 $aBoundaries of loyalty$92583411 997 $aUNINA