Punishment and Freedom

Author	: Devora Steinmetz
Publisher	: University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages	: 224
Release	: 2008-06-10
ISBN-13	: 9780812240689
ISBN-10	: 0812240685
Rating	: 4/5 (85 Downloads)

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Download or read book Punishment and Freedom written by Devora Steinmetz and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2008-06-10 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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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