Book contents
- Maimonides and Contemporary Tort Theory
- Cambridge Studies in Law and Judaism
- Maimonides and Contemporary Tort Theory
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Introduction
- 1 Initial Presentation
- 2 Tort Liability in Maimonides’ Code:
- 3 The Foundations of the Maimonidean Theory:
- 4 The Deontological and Religious Elements of Maimonides’ Tort Theory
- 5 Consequentialist Considerations in the Guide for the Perplexed
- 6 Revisiting the Problematic Texts of the Code in Light of the Guide and Contemporary Scholarship
- 7 Maimonides’ Standard of Care:
- 8 Maimonides as a Pluralistic-Differential Scholar and Contemporary Tort Law Theories:
- 9 Reflections on Maimonides’ Tort Theory
- Index
Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 August 2020
Book contents
- Maimonides and Contemporary Tort Theory
- Cambridge Studies in Law and Judaism
- Maimonides and Contemporary Tort Theory
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Introduction
- 1 Initial Presentation
- 2 Tort Liability in Maimonides’ Code:
- 3 The Foundations of the Maimonidean Theory:
- 4 The Deontological and Religious Elements of Maimonides’ Tort Theory
- 5 Consequentialist Considerations in the Guide for the Perplexed
- 6 Revisiting the Problematic Texts of the Code in Light of the Guide and Contemporary Scholarship
- 7 Maimonides’ Standard of Care:
- 8 Maimonides as a Pluralistic-Differential Scholar and Contemporary Tort Law Theories:
- 9 Reflections on Maimonides’ Tort Theory
- Index
Summary
Maimonides – Rabbi Moses ben Maimon – was born in Spain at 1135 and died in Egypt in 1204. He was known in the Jewish tradition as the “Great Eagle” due to his eminence in so many fields: as a jurist, philosopher, scholar, physician and theologian. Maimonides is perhaps the best-known and most widely studied figure in Jewish history from medieval times until the present day.
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- Maimonides and Contemporary Tort TheoryLaw, Religion, Economics, and Morality, pp. 1 - 4Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020