Authority, process and method
Subtitle: studies in Jewish law
By: edited by Hanina Ben-Menahem and Neil S. Hecht.
Contributors: Ben-Menahem, Hanina.; Hecht, Neil S.
Series: Jewish law in context -- v. 2
Publisher: Harwood Academic Publishers
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Australia; Canada
Language: eng
Number of pages: 269
Subjects: Jewish law -- Interpretation and construction.; Jewish law.
Other titles: Studies in Jewish law
Notes: "This volume is a joint project of The Institute of Jewish Law, and The Institute for Research in Jewish Law."

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Precedent in Jewish law; title: Judge-agent analogy in the Talmud; title: Legal status of the responsa literature; title: The law is in accord with the later authority; title: On the place of logic (Svara) in Maimonides' code; title: Evasion of the law in the Talmud; title: Inadvertent adultry (Shgaga) in Jewish law: mistake of law and mistake of fact.