2007-2008 | 2006-2007 |2005-2006 In order to create a community of and foster a conversation between students and scholars of law, legal theory, Jewish law, and other related disciplines, the CJL sponsors a monthly Jewish law and legal theory workshop. Participants include academics working in the fields of law or Jewish studies, broadly conceived, and graduate students in either field. Participants present working papers related to methodological or substantive issues in legal theory and Jewish law. With its interdisciplinary bent, the workshop format encourages the dissemination and discussion of research, the exploration of new lines of inquiry, and the promotion of cross-disciplinary collaborations. The workshop also provides an opportunity to exchange sources, both primary and secondary, and educate other participants as to the current state of the fields of Jewish law, legal theory, and the relevant humanistic disciplines. In addition, this community of scholars and students assembles for a monthly reading group devoted to a seminal work in the field of legal theory. Thursday, September 6, 6pm: Yair Lorberbaum (Bar-Ilan Law School), "On Maimonides' Approach to Aggadah" Thursday, October 18, 6pm: Daniel Statman (Haifa University), "Halakhah and Morality: A Few Methodological Considerations" Thursday, November 29, 6pm: Symposium on James Q. Whitman, The Origins of Reasonable Doubt: Religious Roots of the Criminal Trial Thursday, January 24, 6pm: Arye Edrei (Tel-Aviv University Law School), "'If Any One Shall Sin Through Error': The Culpability of the Unintentional Transgressor in Jewish Law" Thursday, February 28, 6pm: Presenter TBA Thursday, March 27, 6pm: Azzan Yadin (Rutgers University), "The Chain Novel and the Problem of Internally Undermining Interpretation"
JEWISH LAW & LEGAL THEORY WORKSHOP
2007-2008 Schedule
