Volume 2

Volume II 
Part I – Codification and Restatement

  • M. Chigier, Codification of Jewish Law - 3
  • Samuel N. Hoenig, Halakhot Gedolot: An Early Halakhic Code - 45
  • S.M Passamaneck, A Companion Index to Responsa in Shulhan Arukh, Hoshen Mishpat - 56
  • Nahum Rakover, The Department of Jewish Law of the Ministry of Justice in Israel - 74
  • D.B Sinclair, Projects of the Institute for Research in Jewish Law, Jerusalem - 82
  • Menachem Slae, The Responsa Project - 84
  • Daniel Friedmann, Problems of Codification of Civil Law in Israel - 88
  • John G. Fleming, The Restatement in Uncodified Mixed Jurisdictions - 125
  • David Pearl, Codification in Islamic Law - 162
  • M. D. A. Freeman, The Concept of Codification - 168
  • Bernard S. Jackson, The Prospects for Codification or Restatement of Jewish Law: A Personal Summation - 180



Part II – Chronicle 

Current Responsa, Decisions of Bate Din, and Rabbinical Literature (J. David Bleich)

  • Status of the Deaf-Mute in Jewish Law - 187
  • Hazardous Medical Procedures - 194
  • Who is a Jew? - 199


Jewish Law in the Judgments of the Supreme Court of the State of Israel (D.B. Sinclair):

  • Penetration in Rape Cases - 204
  • Judicial Legislation - 205
  • Prescription - 206


Notes 

Certainty of Trusts and the Definition of a Jew (England) (Malcolm Shaw) 

Varia Americana (Bernard J Meislin)

  • Religious Garb - 216
  • Divorce - 217
  • Jewish Law and Dead Bodies - 218

  • Sabbath Work: Violation of Employee's Civil Rights - 220
  • Three Constitutional Issues Concerning Non-Catholics in Italy (Daniela Piattelli) - 222
  • Religious Discrimination (E.E.C) (G.M Golding) - 230
  • Recognition of Bet Din Jurisdiction in Kashrut Matter (France) (Robert D. Lehmann) - 234
  • Survey of Recent Literature - 237