Jewish justice [Texte imprimé] : the contested limits of nature, law, and covenant / David Novak

Bibliogr. p. 289-299

Can capital punishment ever be justified in the Jewish tradition? -- The elimination of mutilation and torture in rabbinic thought and practice -- Natural law, human dignity, and the protection of human property -- Land and people: one Jewish perspective -- Jewish marriage and civil law: a two-way street? -- Jewish marriage: nature, covenant, and contract -- Divine justice/divine command -- The universality of Jewish ethics: a rejoinder to secularist critics -- The Judaic foundation of rights -- Social contract in modern Jewish thought: a theological critique -- Toward a Jewish public philosophy in America -- Defending Niebuhr from Hauerwas -- Is natural law a border concept between Judaism and Christianity?