Nahum Rakover

Nahum Rakover

Nahum Rakover (Hebrew: נחום רקובר b. 13 November 1932), professor emeritus at Bar-Ilan University, is a former Deputy Attorney General in Israel,

Rakover is a leading researcher in the area of applying traditional Jewish rabbinic law to Israel’s state legal system.[1]

He is a prolific author on Jewish law and associated with the Mishpat Ivri movement, and is the author of over 30 books and 200 articles.[1] In addition to important monographs, he has compiled several bibliographies on the use of Jewish law in Israeli judicial opinions, legislative deliberations, and scholarship.

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Awards

Rakover's work has won him numerous awards, including:

Selected written works

  • Law and the Noahides: law as a universal value
  • Guide to the Sources of Jewish Law
  • Multi-Language Bibliography of Jewish Law
  • Commerce in Jewish Law (HaMischar b'Mishpat HaIvri)
  • Copyright in Jewish Law (Zchut HaYotzrim baMekorot haYehudiyim)
  • The Rule of Law in the Jewish Sources (Shilton haChok b'Yisrael)
  • Unjust Enrichment in Jewish Law (Osher v'Lo b'Mishpat)
  • Human Dignity in Jewish Law (Gadol Kvod haBriot)
  • Ends that Justify the Means (Matara haMekadesheket et haEmtzaim)
  • Sacrificing One to Save Many (Mesirut Nefesh - Hakravat haYahid l'Hatzalat haKlal)
  • Environment and Judaism, Legal and Philosophical Perspectives (Eichut haSeviva)

Rakover also was the editor of the following works:

  • Jewish Law in the Israeli Courts (HaMishpat HaIvri b'Psikat Batei HaMishpat b'Yisrael) 2 volumes. (English translation published as: Modern Applications of Jewish Law; Resolution of Contemporary Problems According to Jewish Sources in Israeli Courts)
  • Jewish Law in the Debates of the Knesset (HaMishpat HaIvri b'Chakikat HaKneset) 2 volumes.
  • Jewish Law and Current Legal Problems, Jerusalem: The Library of Jewish Law

References

  1. ^ a b c - Twelve given 'Worthy of Jerusalem' award - Jerusalem Post 13 May 2010
  2. ^ "Israel Prize Official Site (in Hebrew) – Recipient’s C.V.". http://cms.education.gov.il/EducationCMS/Units/PrasIsrael/Tashsab/NahumRakover/KorotHaimPropesorNahumRakover.htm. 
  3. ^ "Israel Prize Official Site (in Hebrew) – Judges' Rationale for Grant to Recipient". http://cms.education.gov.il/EducationCMS/Units/PrasIsrael/Tashsab/NahumRakover/NimokyHsoftim.htm. 
  4. ^ "Recipients of Yakir Yerushalayim award (in Hebrew)". http://www.jerusalem.muni.il/jer_main/TopSiteJeru.asp?newstr=3&src=/jer_sys/publish/HtmlFiles/1030/results_pub_id=12594.html&cont=895.  City of Jerusalem official website

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