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Judaic Law Research GuideThis selective research guide highlights major print and electronic resources available to Cleveland-Marshall College of Law students engaged in "Judaic Law " research. Please contact the research services staff during research services hours, or via email to research.services@law.csuohio.edu, for help in locating these or other resources to meet your needs.
Research Paper Topic Selection Searching SCHOLAR and OhioLINK Catalogs Periodicals and Current Awareness Services LexisNexis/Westlaw "Saved Searches"
Researching Judaic Law can help one to better analyze and critique the foundation and development of current law as well as current cultural, social, economic, and political issues. A Judeo-Christian element has been prevalent throughout the history of the United States, gaining particular prominence during the 1950s American religious pluralism that expanded beyond Protestantism to include Judaism. In addition, many Jews participated in the 1960s American Civil Rights movement, and significant numbers of conservative Jews joined conservative Protestants and Catholics during the 1970s American "Religious Right" movement. Researching Judaic Law can specifically help one understand a wide assortment of constitutional law, contract law, property law, commercial law, family law, criminal law, court procedure, religious ethics, medical and scientific ethics, as well as international law issues. Though it is difficult to completely remove oneself from one's personal philosophies and experiences, when researching Judaic Law one should make every effort to analyze historical and current legal actors and their actions according to their environment, language, society, and culture. In addition to objectivity, keen critical evaluation of resources is essential for valid Judaic Law research. Note in particular a resource's potential orthodox, conservative, or reform philosophical implications. For information on general legal history research methods and resources, with primary emphasis upon United States legal history, consult the Legal History guide available on the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Library Law Library Publications and Resources Guides page.
Research Paper Topic Selection Selecting an appropriate topic for a research paper may seem more stressful than the writing itself. How can you find an interesting topic in which there's not too much, yet not too little, written? First, try reviewing current issues and hot topics. Judaic Law, or Halakha, is continuously evolving, and legal historians continuously analyze the past as well as critique historiography. Browse news and current events on professional or scholarly organization Web sites, such as the Association of American Law Schools and Jewish Law Association. Check out Lawtopic.com, which lists over 90 paper topics and includes tips on writing a student article. Browse legal news Web sites such as American Lawyer Media's American Lawyer, Law.Com, National Law Journal, and New York Law Journal, as well as Lawyers Weekly. Beyond providing traditional legal resources for conducting research on a topic, both LexisNexis and Westlaw have news and other materials that may help you to identify a paper topic. In LexisNexis, review the "Israel" and "Middle East & Africa" source files arranged under "News & Business - News - By Country & Region" section. In Westlaw, review the individual databases arranged under "Business and News," as well as the "Individual Country Materials - Israel" and Regional Materials - Business and News" databases under the "International/Worldwide Materials - Middle East and North Africa" section. Second, once you've identified an appropriate topic, do a quick preliminary literature review to determine whether there are sufficient resources to discuss the topic as well as present your hypothesis and evidence-based conclusion. See the Scholarly Writing research guide, available on the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Library Law Library Publications and Resource Guides page, and other sections of this Judaic Law guide for more complete information on conducting print and electronic research for your paper.
Searching SCHOLAR and OhioLINK Catalogs (SCHOLAR hands-on instruction) SCHOLAR is the electronic catalog for Cleveland State University's Law Library and University Library. CSU also participates in the state-wide consortia OhioLINK, which provides access to a state-wide central catalog and numerous research databases. For treatises and other materials on Judaic Law, search the SCHOLAR and OhioLINK catalogs with the subject headings Jewish Law. See also the 35+ Jewish Law Related Subject Headings.
American Reform Responsa: Collected Responsa of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, 1889-1983 / Walter Jacob, ed. Central Conference of American Rabbis, c1983. BM197 .C46 1983 "And You Shall Live by Them": Contemporary Jewish Approaches to Medical Ethics / Louis Flancbaum. Mirkov Publications, c2001. BM538 .H43 F55 2001 Authority, Process and Method: Studies in Jewish Law / Hanina Ben-Menahem and Neil S. Hecht, eds. Harwood Academic Publishers, c1998. BM520.2 .A98 1998 Between Civil and Religious Law: the Plight of the Agunah in American Society / Irving A. Breitowitz. Greenwood Press, c1993. KF536 .B74 1993 Code of Jewish Law (Kitzur Shulhan Aruh): a Compilation of Jewish Laws and Customs / Solomon ben Joseph Ganzfried; Hyman E. Goldin, translator. Hebrew Pub. Co., c163. BM560 .G322 1963 The Code of Maimonides / Moses Maimonides. Yale University Press, 1949. BM520.84 .A213 1949 Collected Works of David Daube / Calum M. Carmichael, ed. Robbins Collection, c1992- . KJA174 .D38 The Comprehensive Guide to Medical Halacha / Abraham S. Abraham; Abraham S. Abraham and Naomi S. Cohen, translators. Feldheim Publishers, c1990. BM538 .M4 A27 1990 Contemporary Halakhic Problems / J. David Bleich. Ktav, c1977. BM520.3 .B5 Encyclopaedia Judaica. Encyclopaedia Judaica, c1972-1982. Reference DS102.8 .E53 Encyclopedia of Jewish Medical Ethics: a Compilation of Jewish Medical Law on All Topics of Medical Interest / Avraham Steinberg; Fred Rosner, translator. Feldheim Publishers, c2003. Reference BM538 .H43 S7413 2003 Equity in Jewish Law: Beyond Equity: Halakhic Aspirationism in Jewish Civil Law / Aaron Kirschenbaum. KTAV Pub. House; Yeshiva University Press, c1991. BM520.6 .K57 1991 Equity in Jewish Law: Halakhic Perspectives in Law: Formalism and Flexibility in Jewish Civil Law / Aaron Kirschenbaum. Ktav Pub. House; Yeshiva University Press, c1991 BM520.6 .K575 1991 Jewish Law: History, Sources, Principles / Menachem Elon; Bernard Auerbach and Melvin J. Sykes, translators. Jewish Publication Society, c1994. Reserve BM520.5 .E4313 1994 A Living Tree: the Roots and Growth of Jewish Law / Elliot N. Dorff and Arthur Rosett. State University of New York Press, c1988. KBM524.42 .D67 1988 Marital Relations, Birth Control, and Abortion in Jewish Law / David M. Feldman. Schocken Books, c1974, c1968. HQ766.3 .F4 1974 A Restatement of Rabbinic Civil Law / Emanuel Quint. J. Aronson, c1990-2004. KBM .C55 Q94 The Soncino Talmud. Institute for Computers in Jewish Life, Davka Corp., Judaica Press, c2001. Audiovisual Reserve BM499.5 .E54 S5 2001 [CD ROM of original text of the Soncino Press English translation of the Babylonian Talmud. Also includes English translation of Mishnah, Hebrew and Aramaic text of the Talmud, Hebrew text of the Mishnah, and Hebrew text of Rashi's commentary on the Talmud.] The Spirit of Jewish Law: a Brief Account of Biblical and Rabbinical Jurisprudence / George Horowitz; foreword by David de Sola Pool. Central Book Co., 1953. KBM80 .H6 Women and Jewish Law: the Essential Texts, Their History, and Their Relevance for Today / Rachel Biale; new foreword by Rachel Biale. Schocken Books; distributed by Pantheon Books, c1995. BM729 .W6 B52 1995
Selected treatises in the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Library collection concerning "Judaic Law" include the following: Analysis and Argumentation in Rabbinic Judaism / Jacob Neusner. University Press of America, c2003. BM496.5 .N4775 2003 Contrasts in American and Jewish Law / Daniel Pollack, ed. Michael Scharf Publication Trust of Yeshiva University Press; distributed by Ktav Pub. House, c2001. KF380 .C66 2001 Development and Discontinuity in Jewish Law / Ruth N. Sandberg. University Press of America, c2001. BM521 .S26 2001 Essays on Biblical Law / Anthony Phillips. Sheffield Academic Press, c2002. BS1140.3 .P48 2002 Expanding the Palace Torah: Orthodoxy and Feminism / Tamar Ross. Brandeis University Press, University Press of New England, c2004. BM729 .W6 R67 2004 The Halakhah: an Encyclopaedia of the Law of Judaism / Jacob Neusner. Brill, c2000. BM520.4 .N48 2000 The Halakhah and the Aggadah: Theological Perspectives / Jacob Neusner. University Press of America, c2001. BM520.6 .N48 2001 The Law in the Scriptures: with Explanations of the Law Terms and Legal References in Both the Old and the New Testaments / Edward J. White. Lawbook Exchange, c2000. BS680 .L33 W45 2000 A Tree of Life: Diversity, Flexibility, and Creativity in Jewish Law / Louis Jacobs. Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, c2000. BM520.6 .J33 2000
Periodicals and Current Awareness Services See the Finding Articles in Law Reviews, Journals and Other Legal Periodicals guide for an explanation of the legal periodical indexes and databases available to Cleveland-Marshall College of Law students and the CSU community. That guide covers print and electronic indexes, as well as electronic full-text journals. In particular, note OhioLINK's Electronic Journal Center and its 11 subject clusters, such as "Social Sciences," which includes Politics, Political Science, and Law journals, and "Arts and Humanities," which includes Humanities and History journals. Selected periodical publications and current awareness services in the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Library collection concerning "Judaic Law" include the following: The Jewish Law Annual. Harwood Academic Publishers. KBM80 .A1 J4 Jewish Law Association Studies. Scholars Press. K10 .E76 The Review of Rabbinic Judaism: Ancient, Medieval and Modern. Brill. [Continuation of The Annual of Rabbinic Judaism. Brill, c1998-2000. BM1 .A6] BM1 .A6 and Electronic
No matter what topic you select for your "Judaic Law" research paper, to fully understand and appreciate the myriad issues involved in it, you will likely need to conduct interdisciplinary research in historical, cultural, social, economic, and/or political areas. The OhioLINK state-wide library consortia provides access to over 100 Research Databases arranged in 40 topical groups. For example, the "Law and Legislation" group includes Index to Legal Periodicals and Books; LexisNexis Academic; Oxford Reference, Law; Oxford Reference, Politics and Social Sciences; PAIS International; Social Sciences Citation Index; Social Sciences Citation Index; and Sociological Abstracts. The "History" group includes America: History and Life; American Periodicals Series Online; Historical Abstracts; and Oxford Reference, History. The "Religion" group includes ATLA (American Theological Library Association) Religion Database; Oxford Reference, Religion and Philosophy; Religion and Philosophy Collection; Arts and Humanities Citation Index All of these three topical groups include Dissertation Abstracts; Historic New York Times; New York Times; PapersFirst; and ProceedingsFirst. In addition, all of the OhioLINK topical Research Databases groups include WorldCat, an international library consortia catalog of over 43 million records of materials dating from 1000 BC to the present. The Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Library Web site includes links to numerous Legal Reference materials as well as Law Library Publications and Resource Guides. New Resource Guides, covering topics such as Judaic Law, are being added on a continuous basis.
LexisNexis/Westlaw "Saved Searches" When writing a paper or article, you may need to continuously search primary and secondary sources for information on pending court cases, legislation, and regulations, as well as a myriad of social and political events. LexisNexis and Westlaw allow you to save a search then have it automatically run for you on a periodic basis, saving you a lot of time and effort. These "saved searches" are called LexisNexis Alert searches and Westlaw WestClip searches. Search results can be delivered to you as a regular printout or emailed. For information on how to set up LexisNexis Alert and Westlaw WestClip searches, connect to the LexisNexis/Westlaw Saved Searches guide from the Law Library Publications and Resource Guides.
If you're inexperienced with searching the WorldWideWeb, or having poor luck doing so, consult the Web Searching guide available from the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Library Law Library Publications and Resource Guides page. It includes information on evaluating Web sites, principles and guidelines for Web searching, Web directories, Web search engines, Web metasearch engines, and the Invisible Web. Key Law-Related and Legal Research Web sites concerning "Judaic Law" include the following: Academic Jewish Studies Internet Directory Note in particular its "Torah Portion" and "Ask the Rabbi" links. American Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise: Jewish Virtual Library Note its extensive "Links" section. Association of American Law Schools: Section on Jewish Law A "network of law-related research materials" freely available for download. Note in particular its Tel Aviv University Law School Faculty Papers. Central Conference of American Rabbis Includes all Reform responsa and a topical index to them. International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists Internet Sacred Text Archive: Judaism Includes numerous full-text English translations, as well as links to commercial publications. The State of Israel: The Judicial Authority: Decisions of the Supreme Court Searchable database of decisions from 1948 to the present. Full-text decisions in RTF or PDF format. Sponsored by the Aleph Institute Center for Halacha and American Law. Includes Halachic articles and forms, legal briefs, a legal directory, general forum and Jewish law student forum. Jewish Law Students Association Jewish Legal Heritage Society: Library of Jewish Law Jewish National and University Library: Online Heritage: Treasures of the Library: Writings of Maimonides Note in particular its Library, which has links to Electronic Resources, Guides to Jewish Studies, and Digital Collections. See also the link to some current Committee on Jewish Law and Standards Responsa, within the "Did You Know" section of "learn @ jts" (sponsored by the JTS William Davidson Graduate School of Jewish Education Melton Research Center for Jewish Education.) Law Library of Congress: Guide to Law Online: Israel MavenSearch: Jewish Web Directory and Search Engine: Subjects A-Z: Law Note its "Judaism 101" link. The Assembly "administers the work of the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards for the Conservative movement." RAMBI: The Index of Articles on Jewish Studies Selective bibliography of articles, most from journals in the Jewish National and University Library. Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies: Center for Women in Jewish Law Note links to its Jewish Law Watch, "which offers halakhic solutions to actual agunot cases," and To Learn and To Teach, which deals "with the halakhic status of women in the synagogue." Laura and Alvin Siegal College of Judaic Studies Note that its Aaron Garber Library holdings are included in the Case Western Reserve University EuclidPLUS library catalog and OhioLINK Central Catalog. Torah.org: Jewish Law Touro Law Center: Jewish Law Institute and Institute on Human Rights and the Holocaust University of Manchester: Centre for Jewish Studies: The Jewish Law Association Includes searchable database of article and book abstracts; content and order information on its Jewish Law Association Studies series; as well as links to Jewish law courses and other resources. Yeshiva University: Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law: Program in Jewish Law & Interdisciplinary Studies See in particular its links to the Mendel Gottesman Library of Hebraica/Judaica and Dr. Lillian and Dr. Rebecca Chutick Law Library, as well as its Links to Jewish Law and Cognate Fields and Law and Religion resources. Yale Law School: Avalon Project at Yale Law School: Document Collections: The Middle East 1916-2001: A Documentary Record
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