Jews and the Law

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Law, Legal History, History, Jewish
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Author: Ari Mermelstein, Victoria Saker Woeste, Ethan Zadoff, Marc Galanter ISBN: 9781610272285
Publisher: Quid Pro, LLC Publication: June 10, 2014
Imprint: Smashwords Edition Language: English
Author: Ari Mermelstein, Victoria Saker Woeste, Ethan Zadoff, Marc Galanter
ISBN: 9781610272285
Publisher: Quid Pro, LLC
Publication: June 10, 2014
Imprint: Smashwords Edition
Language: English

A new collection edited by Ari Mermelstein, along with Victoria Saker Woeste, Ethan Zadoff, and Marc Galanter, and with chapters by leading scholars in their fields.

Jews are a people of law, and law defines who the Jewish people are and what they believe. This anthology engages with the growing complexity of what it is to be Jewish — and, more problematically, what it means to be at once Jewish and participate in secular legal systems as lawyers, judges, legal thinkers, civil rights advocates, and teachers. The essays in this book trace the history and chart the sociology of the Jewish legal profession over time, revealing new stories and dimensions of this significant aspect of the American Jewish experience and at the same time exploring the impact of Jewish lawyers and law firms on American legal practice.

“This superb collection reveals what an older focus on assimilation obscured. Jewish lawyers wanted to ‘make it,’ but they also wanted to make law and the legal profession different and better. These fascinating essays show how, despite considerable obstacles, they succeeded.”
— Daniel R. Ernst
Professor of Law,
Georgetown University Law Center
Author of Tocqueville’s Nightmare: The Administrative State Emerges in America, 1900-1940

“This fascinating collection of essays by distinguished scholars illuminates the distinctive and intricate relationship between Jews and law. Exploring the various roles of Jewish lawyers in the United States, Germany, and Israel, they reveal how the practice of law has variously expressed, reinforced, or muted Jewish identity as lawyers demonstrated their commitments to the public interest, social justice, Jewish tradition, or personal ambition. Any student of law, lawyers, or Jewish values will be engaged by the questions asked and answered.”
— Jerold S. Auerbach
Professor Emeritus of History,
Wellesley College
Author of Unequal Justice and Rabbis and Lawyers

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A new collection edited by Ari Mermelstein, along with Victoria Saker Woeste, Ethan Zadoff, and Marc Galanter, and with chapters by leading scholars in their fields.

Jews are a people of law, and law defines who the Jewish people are and what they believe. This anthology engages with the growing complexity of what it is to be Jewish — and, more problematically, what it means to be at once Jewish and participate in secular legal systems as lawyers, judges, legal thinkers, civil rights advocates, and teachers. The essays in this book trace the history and chart the sociology of the Jewish legal profession over time, revealing new stories and dimensions of this significant aspect of the American Jewish experience and at the same time exploring the impact of Jewish lawyers and law firms on American legal practice.

“This superb collection reveals what an older focus on assimilation obscured. Jewish lawyers wanted to ‘make it,’ but they also wanted to make law and the legal profession different and better. These fascinating essays show how, despite considerable obstacles, they succeeded.”
— Daniel R. Ernst
Professor of Law,
Georgetown University Law Center
Author of Tocqueville’s Nightmare: The Administrative State Emerges in America, 1900-1940

“This fascinating collection of essays by distinguished scholars illuminates the distinctive and intricate relationship between Jews and law. Exploring the various roles of Jewish lawyers in the United States, Germany, and Israel, they reveal how the practice of law has variously expressed, reinforced, or muted Jewish identity as lawyers demonstrated their commitments to the public interest, social justice, Jewish tradition, or personal ambition. Any student of law, lawyers, or Jewish values will be engaged by the questions asked and answered.”
— Jerold S. Auerbach
Professor Emeritus of History,
Wellesley College
Author of Unequal Justice and Rabbis and Lawyers

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