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

ISBN-13: 9781107179295 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 400 str.

Yuval Sinai; Benjamin Shmueli

Opis

Presents Maimonides' complete tort theory, and how it compares with other tort theories both in the Jewish world and beyond.

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Initial presentation; 2. Tort liability in Maimonides' Code: the downside of the common interpretation; 3. The foundations of the Maimonidean theory: different goals for different categories of damage; 4. The deontological and religious elements of Maimonides' tort theory; 5. Consequentialist considerations in the Guide for the Perplexed; Appendix to chapter 5: the rules of liability and contributory Negligence according to Maimonides in the Guide 3:40 compared with Calabresi and Posner; 6. Revisiting the problematic texts of the Code in light of the Guide and contemporary scholarship; 7. Maimonides' standard of care: a differential liability model; 8. Maimonides as a pluralistic-differential scholar and contemporary tort law theories: a dialogue and lessons; 9. Reflections on Maimonides' tort theory (Guido Calabresi); Index.