Maimonides and Contemporary Tort Theory Law, Religion, Economics, and Morality

Maimonides and Contemporary Tort Theory: Law, Religion, Economics, and Morality (Cambridge Studies in Law and Judaism)Yuval Sinai, Benjamin Shmueli\nCambridge University Press\nHardcover\nUnused and unread, minor cosmetic imperfections such as scuffing or minor creasing. Stamped 'damaged' by publisher to a non-text page.\nEAN: 9781107179295\nPublished: 06/08/2020\nLanguage: English\nMaimonides lived in Spain and Egypt in the twelfth century, and is perhaps the most widely studied figure in Jewish history. This book presents, for the first time, Maimonides' complete tort theory and how it compares with other tort theories both in the Jewish world and beyond. Drawing on sources old and new as well as religious and secular, Maimonides and Contemporary Tort Theory offers fresh interdisciplinary perspectives on important moral, consequentialist, economic, and religious issues that will be of interest to both religious and secular scholars. The authors mention several surprising points of.