Chaim Saiman
Biographic Data
| ID | 9289036 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Chaim Saiman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Chaim |
| FAMILY NAME | Saiman |
| SIGNATURE | SAIMAN C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Law, Villanova University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Oxford Handbook of Jewish Law
Jewish law (halakhah) embodies a unique system that can be similar, but also very different, to other jurisprudential systems. This Handbook examines the history and structure of Jewish law and its canonical texts, as well as the different traditions that developed regarding how these texts are read and interpreted. The sources under investigation are wide-ranging and include traditional texts such as the Mishnah and Talmud, rabbinical codes, and…
Public Law, Private Law, and Legal Science
This essay explores the historical and conceptual connections between private law and nineteenth century classical legal science from the perspective of German, American, and Jewish law. In each context, legal science flourished when scholars examined the confined doctrines traditional to private law, but fell apart when applied to public, administrative and regulatory law. Moving to the contemporary context, while traditional private law scholar…
Jesus' Legal Theory—A Rabbinic Reading
These are heady times in America's law and religion conversation. On the campaign trail in 1999, then-candidate George W. Bush declared Jesus to be his favorite political philosopher. Since his election in 2001, legal commentators have criticized both President Bush and the Supreme Court for improperly basing their decisions on their sectarian Christian convictions. Though we pledge to be one nation under God, a recent characterization of the law…
Legal Theology
The nineteenth century was the age of legal science. Across the globe, numerous cultures began to think of their law in terms of an interlocking system of internally coherent rules. While the details differ, these movements shared the belief that numerous legal propositions were held together by a small number of core legal concepts, and that correct decisions could be determined via formal methods of legal deduction and analysis. This mode of le…
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Legal Theology
The nineteenth century was the age of legal science. Across the globe, numerous cultures began to think of their law in terms of an interlocking system of internally coherent rules. While the details differ, these movements shared the belief that numerous legal propositions were held together by a small number of core legal concepts, and that correct decisions could be determined via formal methods of legal deduction and analysis. This mode of le…
Jesus' Legal Theory—A Rabbinic Reading
These are heady times in America's law and religion conversation. On the campaign trail in 1999, then-candidate George W. Bush declared Jesus to be his favorite political philosopher. Since his election in 2001, legal commentators have criticized both President Bush and the Supreme Court for improperly basing their decisions on their sectarian Christian convictions. Though we pledge to be one nation under God, a recent characterization of the law…
Public Law, Private Law, and Legal Science
This essay explores the historical and conceptual connections between private law and nineteenth century classical legal science from the perspective of German, American, and Jewish law. In each context, legal science flourished when scholars examined the confined doctrines traditional to private law, but fell apart when applied to public, administrative and regulatory law. Moving to the contemporary context, while traditional private law scholar…
The Oxford Handbook of Jewish Law
Jewish law (halakhah) embodies a unique system that can be similar, but also very different, to other jurisprudential systems. This Handbook examines the history and structure of Jewish law and its canonical texts, as well as the different traditions that developed regarding how these texts are read and interpreted. The sources under investigation are wide-ranging and include traditional texts such as the Mishnah and Talmud, rabbinical codes, and…
Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Comparative law (2 works) · History (2 works) · Judaism (2 works) · Legal history (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · American Constitutional Law and Politics (1 work)