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A Restatement of Rabbinic Civil Law, Volume VII, covers Discrepancies in Sales, Gifts of a Healthy Person, and Gifts Causa Mortis, that is, gifts made in contemplation of death. It is part of Rabbi Emanuel Quint's English restatement of Hoshen Mishpat, the civil law section of the Shulhan Arukh, the code of Jewish law written by Rabbi Joseph Karo in 1565.
The volume deals with what happens when a sale does not match what was agreed, and with the rules for giving gifts, both by a healthy person and by someone facing death. Rabbi Quint, a rabbi and a lawyer, presents the rabbinic sources in modern English, using legal terms familiar to American readers, for lay readers and scholars alike.
First published in 1997, this 281-page volume suits students of halacha, lawyers and anyone interested in Jewish law on commerce, gifts and estates.