Intention and "Pesik Reisha" in Jewish Law
In a discussion ranging across the Talmud, medieval and modern commentators have struggled to understand the rationale governing action, intention and culpability.
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Dr. Shlomit Wallerstein is Fellow & Tutor in Law at St. Peter’s college, Oxford University. She teaches Criminal law, Jurisprudence and International Criminal Law. In 2012 she was a Visiting Professor at the University of Virginia Law School and in 2011 she was a Visiting Professor at Buchmann Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University. Her articles have been published in several leading international law journals. Currently she serves on the steering committee of the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict (ELAC).
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