Legal Theology
The Turn to Conceptualism in Nineteenth-Century Jewish Law
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20384297 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Chaim N Saiman (Villanova University, corresponding author), Chaim Saiman |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 39-100 |
| Publication date | 2006-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Law and Religion (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0748-0814 • E-ISSN: 2163-3088 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0748081400002824 |
| OpenAlex | W2114047675 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 2 |
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 legal thought gave increased importance to legal concepts and analytic categories. Duncan Kennedy has termed this mode of legal analysis Classical Legal Thought. This restructuring of legal analysis brought about changes in the understanding of what the law is and how it should be studied. In its American variant, the ascendance of Classical Legal Thought is usually associated with Christopher C. Langdell's tenure as dean of Harvard's law school. Langdell created the modern law school by shifting legal training away from apprenticeship and moving it to a university setting where students were trained as legal scholars. Underlying the Langdellian moment is the assumption that law is comprised of analytic concepts which can be apolitically applied through a series of deductions made from the core legal principal
Comparative law · Conceptualism · Emancipation · Epistemology · German · Haskalah · Jewish studies · Judaism · Jurisprudence · Legal history · Legal realism · Multitude · Political science · Politics · Secularization · Sociology · Theology · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Philosophy
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
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| Citations per year | 0.37 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2025 (19) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |