Between Civil and Religious Law: The Plight of the Agunah in American Society, Irving Breitowitz's 1993 study from Greenwood Press, sets out the halakhic positions on divorce refusal and levirate release facing an agunah, or chained wife, and the proposed legal remedies along with their objections. Its strength is that Breitowitz is both an Orthodox rabbi and a law professor, giving the study authority on both the religious law and the American legal remedies it surveys. Its limit is that it is now over three decades old; more recent legal reforms in several jurisdictions should be checked against a current source.
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Irving Breitowitz's Between Civil and Religious Law, published by Greenwood Press in 1993, the top tier reflecting that Breitowitz is both an Orthodox rabbi and a law professor, giving the study authority on both the religious law and the American legal remedies it surveys. Its limit is its age; more recent legal reforms should be checked against a current source. NotesWritten by an Orthodox rabbi and law professor; sets out the halakhic positions on divorce refusal, levirate release and the proposed remedies, including the objections to each.
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AuthorIrving A. Breitowitz
PublisherGreenwood Press
Publication Year1993
Source Typeacademic monograph
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- Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
- Rituals, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Articles, 1 claims: 1 well-attested.
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