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Lecturer(s)
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Bezoušková Lenka, JUDr. Ph.D., LL.M.
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Pezl Tomáš, JUDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. Historical introduction, course determination and the relation with Judaism as religion. 2. Primary sources of Law - Torah, Tanach, Mishna a Gemara, jcreation, content and development 3. Secondary sources of Law - rabbincal law, customs a relation to laws of the state, major authorities and collections of law 4. Interpretation of legal norm and application of Jewish Law in particular historical periods, classification of areas of Jewish Law 5. Religious rules - rules related to Festivals, Kashruth, duties in Jewish Law. 6. Personal status - position of Jews, Cohens, Levites, Mamzers, Conversions and Converts, maturity. 7. Family Law - marriage, wedding, divorce, relationship between husband and wife, custody of children. 8. Inheritance 9. Civil Law - ownership, contracts, torts 10. Penal Law 11. Judiciary 12. Jewish Law in the State of Israel, its role in the legal system and relation to state law. 13. Religous justice in Israel, actual problems
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Seminar classes, Textual studies, Seminar
- Contact hours
- 26 hours per semester
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 54 hours per semester
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| prerequisite |
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| Knowledge |
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| to focuse on sources of religious law |
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| to have an elementary knowledge of Jewish law |
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| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| to become acquainted with an elementary knowledge of different aspects of Jewish law to have overview over basic institutions of Jewish law |
| Skills |
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| to receive general knowledge on application of Jewish Law as a religious and a state legal system |
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| N/A |
| teaching methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Seminar |
| Textual studies |
| Seminar classes |
| Skills |
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| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| Competences |
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| Practicum |
| Discussion |
| assessment methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Combined exam |
| Skills |
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| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Continuous assessment |
| Competences |
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| Skills demonstration during practicum |
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Recommended literature
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ELON, Menachem. The Principles of Jewish Law. Jerusalem: Encyclopaedia Judaica. Pirsum, 1975. ISBN 07-065-1415-7.
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Hecht N.S., Jackson B.S., Passamaneck S.M., Piattelli D., Rabello A. An Introduction to the History and Sources of Jewish Law. Clarendon Press 1996.
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Knapp, Viktor. Velké právní systémy : úvod do srovnávací právní vědy. Praha : C.H. Beck, 1996. ISBN 80-7179-089-3.
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Levy B.B. Fixing God's Torah: The Accuracy of the Hebrew Bible Text in Jewish Law , Oxford University Press 2001.
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Mayer, Daniel. Konverze k judaismu v zrcadle židovské ústní tradice a historie. 1. vyd. Praha : OIKOYMENH, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7298-453-4.
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MIELZINER, M. The Jewish law of marriage and divorce in ancient and modern times, and its relation to the law of the state. Littleton, Colo.: F.B. Rothman, 1987. ISBN 08-377-2432-5.
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Newman, Ja'akov; Sivan, Gavri'el; Nosek, Bedřich; Ziss, Daniel; Pavlát, Leo. Judaismus od A do Z : slovník pojmů a termínů. Praha : Sefer, 1992. ISBN 80-900895-3-4.
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