Volume 1

Volume I 
Part I – Mishneh Torah Studies

  • Introduction - 3
  • Pierre Legendre, The Work and Method of Western Jurists in the XIIth Century - 6
  • Haim H. Cohn, Maimondean Theories of Codification - 15
  • Shamma Friedman, The Organizational Pattern of the Mishneh Torah - 37
  • Jacob I. Dienstag, The Relationship of Maimonides to his Predecessors: Part I, Midrashic Literature - 42
  • Nachum L. Rabinovitch, Mishneh Torah-Code and Commentary - 61
  • Lenn Evan Goodman, Maimonides' Philosophy of Law - 72
  • Gerald G. Blindstein, Maimonides on 'Oral Law' - 108
  • Daniel Jeremy Silver, "Moses our Teacher was a King" - 123
  • Jacob S. Levinger, Maimonides as Philosopher and Codifier - 133
  • Shmuel Shilo, Maimonides on "Dina de-malkhuta Dina (The Law of the State is Law)" - 146
  • Bernard S. Jackson, Maimonides' Definitions of Tam and Mu'ad. - 168



Part II – Chronicle
  • Current Responsa, Decisions of Batei Din, and Rabbinical Literature - 179
  • Impotence as Grounds for Divorce (J. David Bleich) - 184
  • Tenure (J. David Bleich) - 187
  • Sterilization (G.B Haliarad) - 192
  • Euthanasia (G.B Halibard) - 196
  • Jewish Law in the Judgements of the Supreme Court of the State of Israel (M. Bass, D. Cheshin) - 200
  • Notes - 213
  • The Race Relations Act, 1976 (Robert Merkin) - 213
  • Refusal to Testify as a protected First Amendment Religious Right (Bernard J. Meislin) - 219
  • Child Custody: Compelling a Jewish Upbrigning (Bernard J. Meislin) - 221
  • Recognition of Bet Din Juridstiction (Bernard J. Meislin) - 223
  • Civil Court Enforcement of Agreement to Obtain a "get" (Bernard J. Meislin) - 228
  • The Status of a Foreign "Get" in Belgium (M.D.A. Freeman) - 228
  • Leviticus XVIII, The Forbidden Degrees and the Law of Incest in Scotland (David Sellar) - 229
  • Some Legal Aspects of the Entebbe Incident (Malcolm N. Shaw) - 232
  • Survey of Recent Literature - 243