The Pursuit of Justice and Jewish Law A Jewish lawyer is bound to — sometimes torn between — two disparate systems of law and ethics. What do you do when your religion conflicts with your obligations as a lawyer? For that matter, how do you know what your religious obligations are? Michael J. Broyde, Professor of Law at Emory University, founding rabbi of the Young Israel in Atlanta and a member dayan of the Beth Din of America, takes a fearless inside look at the ethical and halakhic issues facing the Jewish lawyer and anyone caught up in the American legal system. This book systematically examines the ethical and halakhic issues raised by the many different facets of law practice, as well as other issues encountered by the Jewish lawyer or others significantly involved in the American legal system. Major topics examined from the perspective of Jewish law include: litigating in secular courts; the problems posed by professional confidentiality; the issues involved in aiding a client in a violation of either Jewish or American law; the ethics of cross examination and the obligations of a lawyer to pursue truth; the problems raised by working as a prosecutor or a defense attorney; practicing bankruptcy law; and the permissibility or obligation of informing on others for violating American law. The book also includes a full discussion of issues posed by family law (including an appendix addressing the 1992 New York Get Law); as well as a complete unit addressing the problems of business law, from usurious transactions to the ethics of negotiation and arbitration. Many other topics are included as well. This book was originally published by Yeshiva University Press in 1996 and has undergone significant revisions and additions for the current edition.
Halakhic Perspectives on the Legal Profession (Second Edition)
ISBN 978-1-933143-01-0, 227 pages, softcover, $21.95
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By Michael J. Broyde
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“Michael Broyde is one of those rare personalities—Judaic scholars and legal authority, pulpit rabbi and university professor, responsible traditionalist and courageous independent. Fortunately, his superb volume, The Pursuit of Justice and Jewish Law, now appears in its second edition. Readers who missed the first edition will now happily have access to this important study of halakhic issues as they relate to the practice of American law.” —Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm, Chancellor of Yeshiva University “The most prolific scholar of comparative law and halakhah working in the United States today... Considered by many to have done the best work.” —Yeshiva University Review “It's a ‘must-read’ for anyone interested in Jewish law or Jewish lawyers—or for anyone intrigued by the interrelationship of religion and the practice of law.” —Prof. Steven H. Resnicoff, DePaul University College of Law “Broyde provides an extremely valuable guide to navigating the tensions between the practice of law and halakha (Jewish law)... A handbook for Orthodox Jews, and a valuable resource for non-Orthodox Jews.” —Journal of Law and Religion |
Rabbi Michael J. Broyde (Google
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is Professor of Law at Emory University School of Law and the Academic Director of the Law and Religion Program at Emory University. His primary areas of interest are Law and Religion, Jewish law and ethics, and comparative religious law. Besides Jewish law and family law, Professor Broyde has taught Federal Courts, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Secured Credit, Bankruptcy and other courses. He received a juris doctor from New York University and published a note on the Law Review. He clerked for Judge Leonard I. Garth of the United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. In addition, Professor Broyde is ordained (yoreh yoreh ve-yadin yadin) as a rabbi by Yeshiva University and is a member (dayan) of the Beth Din of America, the largest Jewish law court in America. He was the Director of that court during the 1997-1998 academic year while on leave from Emory. He is also the founder and Rosh Kollel of the Atlanta Torah Mitzion Kollel in Atlanta.
Inside the Book
Table of Contents
General Issues in Legal Practice
In the Courtroom: Litigation
Practicing Criminal Law
Family Law Issues
Business Law and the Law Business
Appendix
About the Author
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