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The Talmudic Prisoner's Dilemma, Uri Weiss Jan 2021

The Talmudic Prisoner's Dilemma, Uri Weiss

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We argue that there is a stream in the Talmud that attributes the responsibility to one player alone in the case of a joint crime/joint tort and even in dividing the credits for a joint Mitzvah. We used the game theory to investigate which incentives are provided by this approach, which games are created, which games are blocked, and to which results this approach leads. In this paper, we present some Talmudic games.

Although in Jewish law, a sinner cannot be a witness, one Talmudic rabbi proposes a rule that, in the case of a joint crime, one of …


Structural Models Of Religion And State In Jewish And Democratic Political Thought: Inevitable Contradiction? The Challenge For Israel, Elazar Nachalon Jun 2014

Structural Models Of Religion And State In Jewish And Democratic Political Thought: Inevitable Contradiction? The Challenge For Israel, Elazar Nachalon

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No abstract provided.


Law, Religion, And Pluralism: The Thought And Experiences Of Nathan Isaacs (1886-1941), Samuel Flaks Oct 2013

Law, Religion, And Pluralism: The Thought And Experiences Of Nathan Isaacs (1886-1941), Samuel Flaks

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Some Thoughts On Sanford Levinson’S “Divided Loyalties: The Problem Of 'Dual Sovereignty' And Constitutional Faith”, David Novak Oct 2013

Some Thoughts On Sanford Levinson’S “Divided Loyalties: The Problem Of 'Dual Sovereignty' And Constitutional Faith”, David Novak

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Analyzes the two divided loyalties that Levinson faces in "Divided Loyalties: The Problem of 'Dual Sovereignty' and Constitutional Faith."


Israel's Constitutional Tragedy, Menachem Lorberbaum Oct 2013

Israel's Constitutional Tragedy, Menachem Lorberbaum

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No abstract provided.


Dual Sovereignty In Traditional Judaism And Liberal Democracy, William Galston Oct 2013

Dual Sovereignty In Traditional Judaism And Liberal Democracy, William Galston

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No abstract provided.


Divided Loyalties: The Problem Of “Dual Sovereignty” And Constitutional Faith, Sanford Levinson Oct 2013

Divided Loyalties: The Problem Of “Dual Sovereignty” And Constitutional Faith, Sanford Levinson

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Sanford Levinson provides the inaugural lecture of the new Jewish Law Institute at Touro Law School. He focuses on some of the ways that he finds himself constantly thinking of what might be termed "meta-issues" that arise in his joint study of, and intellectual confrontation with, Jewish law and American constitutional law.


Establishment Of Religion, Court Of Appeals: Grumet V. Cuomo Jan 1998

Establishment Of Religion, Court Of Appeals: Grumet V. Cuomo

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