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A Restatement of Rabbinic Civil Law, Volume I, covers the Laws of Judges and the Laws of Evidence. It opens Rabbi Emanuel Quint's multi-volume English restatement of Hoshen Mishpat, the section of the Shulhan Arukh that deals with civil law. The Shulhan Arukh, written by Rabbi Joseph Karo in 1565, has long been accepted as the standard code of Jewish law and practice.
Rabbi Quint (1930 to 2018) was both a rabbi and a lawyer, and co-founded the Jerusalem Institute of Jewish Law with Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz. He set out the law in clear modern English, using legal terms familiar to English readers, so that educated lay readers and advanced scholars alike can study this body of rabbinic jurisprudence.
First published in 1990, this volume suits students of halacha, lawyers and anyone curious about how Jewish law treats courts, judges and testimony.