Jewish Law Annual Volume 18

Topics covered include: spousal withholding of conjugal relations; halakhic understandings of the parent–child relationship; corporal punishment of children; the prohibition against seeking a second ruling after something has been declared forbidden; the agent who carries out his mandate for his own benefit, not the principal’s; mid-twentieth century London organizations for the advancement of Jewish law. <p>1. The Prohibition against Consulting Two Authorities and the Nature of Halakhic Truth, Shimshon Ettinger 2. The Changing Profile of the Parent-Child Relationship in Jewish law, Yehiel Kaplan 3. Jewish Law in London: between Two Societies, Amihai Radzyner 4. Corporal Punishment of Children in Jewish Law: a Comparative Study, Benjamin Shmueli 5. Recovery for Infliction of Emotional Distress: toward Relief for the Agunah, Ronnie Warburg 6. The Agent who Breaches his Principal’s Trust, Michael Wygoda</p>