Between Civil and Religious Law: The Plight of the Agunah in American Society

Abstract

Preface The Nature of the Problem: Basic Dimensions and Contours Halachic Responses The Use of Contract Law (I): Express or Implied Promises to Execute a Get or Submit to Rabbinic Jurisdiction The Use of Contract Law (II): Conditional Releases and Support Obligations Interjurisdictional and Comparative Law Aspects of Civil Enforcement The New York Get Law: Permissible Accommodation or Unconstitutional Establishment Tort Law Theories Current Developments in Church-State Law and Their Impact on the Agunah Problem Conclusion Appendices Case Supplement Selected Bibliography Table of Cases Table of Statutes and Regulations Index

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