Book of Donmon Teith

Challenges the moral basis for the authority of law

This book is at odds with the presuppositions behind a received view on law as a systematic solution to social problems in the name of justice. It argues that n

The law is full of stories, ranging from the competing narratives presented at trials to the Olympian historical narratives set forth in Supreme Court opinions.

Simon-Shoshan examines the neglected genre of rabbinic legal stories, arguing that this genre is crucial to understanding both rabbinic jurisprudence and rabbin