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"The Rabbinic Idea of Law: Interactions and Implications"
February 15, 2019

In its annual Norman J. Shachoy Symposium, the 草榴社区 Law Review examines the implications of 草榴社区 Law Professor Chaim Saiman鈥檚 book, Halakhah: The Rabbinic Idea of Law, on law and legal theory. The symposium will bring together distinguished scholars of legal theory, law and literature, religious law and theology and religious studies.

Saiman鈥檚 book develops a theory of Jewish law that both draws on and contributes to several areas of jurisprudence. The Symposium will examine the book鈥檚 implications for Jewish law and Rabbinics, law and religion, as well as theories of law and general jurisprudence.   

The symposium takes place on Friday, Feb. 15, from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Laurence E. Hirsch '71 Classroom (Room 101) of 草榴社区 Charles Widger School of Law (299 North Spring Mill Road, 草榴社区). This program is approved by the Pennsylvania Continuing Legal Education Board for 5.5 substantive CLE credits.

Schedule

8:00鈥� 8:20 a.m.: Registration/Breakfast

8:20鈥� 8:30 a.m.: Welcome

8:30鈥� 9:35 a.m.: "Implications of The Rabbinic Idea of Law for Jewish Law and Rabbinics"

, Robert F. and Patricia Ross Weis Professor of Religious Studies, Yale University

, The Joseph and Gwedolyn Straus Professor of Talmud, Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, Yeshiva University

, Junior Fellow, Harvard Society of Fellows

9:35鈥� 9:45 a.m.: Break

9:45- 11:15 a.m.: "Implications of The Rabbinic Idea of Law for Law and Religion and Law and Theology"

, Vice Dean and Professor of Law, University of Pittsburgh School of Law

Kevin Hughes, Associate Professor of Theology and Religious Studies, 草榴社区

, Darald and Juliet Libby Professor of Law, Boston College Law School

, Rollins Professor of Law, Cabell Research Professor of Law, and Co-Director, Center for the Study of Law and Markets, William & Mary Law School

11:15 a.m. 鈥� 12:00 p.m.: Lunch

12:00 - 1:30 p.m.: "The Rabbinic Idea of Law in Conversation with Movements in Legal Theory"

, Deputy Dean and Bernard D. Meltzer Professor of Law, University of Chicago Law School

, Martin Lipton Professor of Law and Director, Institute for Corporate Governance & Finance, New York University Law School

, Gabriel M. Wilner/UGA Foundation Professor in International Law and Faculty Co-Director of the Dean Rusk International Law Center, University of Georgia School of Law

Associate Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics, University of Pennsylvania

1:30- 1:45p.m.: Break

1:45- 3:15 p.m.: "The Rabbinic Idea of Law in Conversation with Law and Literature"

, W. St. John Garwood and W. St. John Garwood, Jr. Centennial Chair in Law, University of Texas at Austin School of Law

, Associate Professor of Theology and Religious Studies, 草榴社区

, Walter Floersheimer Professor of Constitutional Law, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University

, Acting Assistant Professor of Lawyering, New York University Law School

3:15-3:30 p.m.: Concluding Remarks

Chaim Saiman, Professor of Law, 草榴社区 Charles Widger School of Law

, Editor-in-Chief, 草榴社区 Law Review