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Mishpat Ivri
Mishpat Ivri is Hebrew for "'Hebrew law" or "Jewish/Hebrew jurisprudence". It refers to those aspects of traditional Jewish law that many in modern society generally considers non-religious.
Subjects covered in Mishpat Ivri include sales, renting, ownership, safety, liability, copyright, property rights, etc.
Within classical rabbinic Judaism all of Mishpat Ivri is subsumed under halakha (Jewish law in general). However, in the modern state of Israel Mishpat Ivri is one of the sources for Israeli civil law.
In the State of Israel Mishpat Ivri is one of the sources for contemporary civil law, which is distinct from religious law.
See also
References
- Jewish Law : History, Sources, Principles Menachem Elon, The Jewish Publication Society, 1994. four volume set, translated from Hebrew. ISBN 082760389-4.
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