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40 Cardozo L. Rev. 3075 (2018-2019)
The Principles and Nature of Jewish Law

handle is hein.journals/cdozo40 and id is 3151 raw text is: THE PRINCIPLES AND NATURE OF JEWISH LAW J. David Bleicht TABLE OF CONTENTS I. THE SOURCE AND NATURE OF JEWISH LAW .......................................................... 3076 A. Divine or Human? .................................................................................... 3076 B. Twin Fonts of Revelation .......................................................................... 3082 C. The Non-Teleological Nature of Halakhah ............................................ 3084 D. Halakhic Decision-Making ...................................................................... 3090 II. PRINCIPLES OF DECISION-MAKING ....................................................................... 3095 A. Substantive Psak ....................................................................................... 3096 1. Distillation of Sources ................................................................... 3096 2. Issue-Spotting Psak ....................................................................... 3103 3. Theoretical Analysis ...................................................................... 3104 B. Adjudicative Psak ...................................................................................... 3110 C. Prophylactic Psak ................................................................................... 3120 III. A FINAL COMMENT .............................................................................................. 3122 t Professor of Law, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. 3075