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This volume contributes to the growing field of comparative Jewish and American law, turning to Jewish law to provide insights into substantive and conceptual areas of the American legal system, particularly areas of American law that are complex, controversial, and unsettled.

This volume contributes to the growing field of comparative Jewish and American law, presenting twenty-six essays characterized by a number of distinct features. The essays will appeal to legal scholars and, at the same time, will be accessible and of interest to a more general audience of intellectually curious readers. These contributions are faithful to Jewish law on its own terms, while applying comparative methods to offer fresh perspectives on complex issues in the Jewish legal system. Through careful comparative analysis, the essays also turn to Jewish law to provide insights into substantive and conceptual areas of the American legal system, particularly areas of American law that are complex, controversial, and unsettled.

“These two volumes are a treasure trove of fine scholarship. In these important and erudite books, Samuel Levine provides a comprehensive study of comparative law between the Jewish and American legal frameworks. ... This is necessary reading for students and scholars of both law and Jewish studies.” — Dr. François-Xavier Licari, Associate Professor of Comparative Law, Université de Lorraine, France

“Professor Levine is one of the leading scholars currently exploring the intersection of Jewish and American law. By examining how the two legal systems approach a variety of questions, Professor Levine’s work makes meaningful contributions to both Jewish and American law. This book is a must-read for anyone just discovering this exciting field and an invaluable resource for those already steeped in this important intellectual tradition.” — Adam Chodorow, Professor of Law and Willard H. Pedrick Distinguished Research Scholar, Arizona State University College of Law

“Professor Levine brings out the unique qualities of the Jewish and American systems while also exploring with great sensitivity the fundamental policies and values that connect them. These volumes are a landmark in the field of comparative law and an enduring contribution to our understanding of both legal traditions.” — Geoffrey Miller, Stuyvesant P. Comfort Professor of Law; Director, Center for Financial Institutions; Co-Director, Center for Civil Justice, NYU School of Law

“In Jewish Law and American Law: A Comparative Study, Sam Levine, one of the twenty-first century’s leading scholars of Jewish Law, has delivered a must read comprehensive collection of his articles. Each chapter is thought provoking and exceptionally well researched and reasoned. ... [This book] includes several of Levine’s classic articles, but even for those familiar with his work there are less well known, yet thought provoking materials to be found.” — Frank S. Ravitch, Professor of Law and Walter H. Stowers Chair in Law & Religion; Director, Kyoto Japan Program, Michigan State University College of Law

“Professor Samuel J. Levine is one of the leading law and religion and legal ethics scholars of his generation. The two volumes of Jewish Law and American Law: A Comparative Study are welcome, valuable contributions to these fields and are compelling evidence of Levine’s learning and insight. ... His comparative method illuminates both of the traditions he explores. Scholars and citizens, of all faith traditions or none, will learn from and enjoy this fascinating work.” — Richard W. Garnett, Paul J. Schierl / Fort Howard Corporation Professor of Law; Director, Notre Dame Program on Church, State & Society; Concurrent Professor of Political Science, Notre Dame Law School

"As Samuel Levine readily acknowledges in his first chapter, those who taught Jewish law in Western law schools chose from a number of competing models. Because he is so fully at home with Jewish sources ''on their own terms,'' as he puts it—a product of both the yeshiva and the Western academy—he is able to move effortlessly between them, and add still more dimensions of understanding. Particularly welcome is his facility with a wealth of material from Jewish philosophy, ethics, and history. Growing out of his years of teaching and writing, the two volumes should become a standard by which Jewish law curricula are judged."

—Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein, Director of Interfaith Affairs, The Simon Wiesenthal Center

“For many years now, Sam Levine has been a voice of reason in an America deeply divided over the role of religion in American life. With this collection, a national audience will learn what the legal academy already knew—that there are powerful and humane lessons to be learned for secular life from Sam Levine’s careful and knowledgeable perspectives on Jewish law.” — Bruce Ledewitz, Professor of Law, Duquesne University School of Law

“A wonderful collection of essays by the foremost scholar of Jewish Law teaching full time at an American law school. ... Professor Levine has produced a monumental, erudite work that is wide-ranging, eye-opening, and likely as enduring as the subject of its study. A tour de force.” — Keith Sharfman, Professor of Law, St. John’s University, New York

“Few probably expect a manual on Jewish and American comparative law to be a fluid, entertaining read but Prof. Levine is a skilled teacher and his exposition has clear structure and is leanly written. The research behind the book is astonishing and ... the reader can easily dip into Sam Levine’s erudition.” — Graham James McAleer, Professor, Department of Philosophy, Loyola University Maryland, Baltimore

“This impressive collection of crisp and erudite essays uses the binocular of Jewish law and American law to bring a number of arresting legal themes into sharp new focus. This is comparative legal study and religious lawyering done with grace, wisdom, and refinement.” — John Witte, Jr., Director of the Center for the Study of Law and Religion, Emory University

“This highly interesting two-volume collection is a major addition to the study of both American Constitutional Law and Jewish Law. These two disciplines may seem very remote from each other, but Professor Levine''s analysis discovers and describes many common principles. We in Israel face a special challenge, as Jewish Law is a recognized source of the law of the land. But there is definitely a common ground with American Law, based on mutual values and the Bible, a common cultural denominator. The richness of subjects and sources covered by Levine is overwhelming. The law is an ocean—and we are brilliantly led to a safe haven.” —Justice Elyakim Rubinstein, Deputy President (Ret.), The Supreme Court of Israel

“These essential volumes collect Professor Levine’s vast writings on Jewish and American law in one helpful title. By bringing together Professor Levine’s writing in this way, it is possible to appreciate the breadth and depth of his scholarship.” — David Hollander, Librarian for Law and Legal Studies; Librarian for Judaic Studies and Hebrew, Princeton University Library

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