Punishment and Freedom

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Author	: Devora Steinmetz
Publisher	: University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages	: 224
Release	: 2008-06-10
ISBN-10	: 9780812240689
ISBN-13	: 0812240685
Rating	: 4/5 (89 Downloads)

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Book Synopsis Punishment and Freedom by : Devora Steinmetz

Book excerpt: Punishment and Freedom offers a fresh look at classical rabbinic texts about criminal law from the perspective of legal and moral philosophy, arguing that the Rabbis constructed an extreme positivist view of law that is based in divine command and that is related to the rabinnic notion notion of human freedom and responsibility.

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