The Harvard Jewish Law Students Association
presents

Law, Judaism, and the State
March 6, 2001

Sponsored by Dewey Ballantine LLP

1 p.m.-3 p.m., Austin North, Harvard Law School

Questions to be Addressed:
--Is there a Jewish theory of the state?
--What is the relationship between the state's authority and Jewish law?
--Is there a difference when the state is non-Jewish?

• J. David Bleich, Cardozo Law School, "Jewish Law in the Courts of the Jewish State"
• Michael Broyde, Emory Law School, "The Obligation of Jews to Compel Observance of Noachide Law"
• Suzanne Last Stone, Cardozo Law School, "Dina de-Malkhuta Dina (The Law of the State is Law)"

3:30-5:30 p.m., Austin North, Harvard Law School

Questions to be Addressed:
--What are the principles of Jewish criminal law and how did they function?
--How do the values reflected in Jewish criminal law compare with those in American law?
--What do we learn from a comparison between the two systems? Can we evaluate American criminal law through "Jewish" eyes?

• Rabbi Aryeh Klapper, Harvard University, "Jewish Criminal Law as a Functioning System?"
• Samuel Levine, Fordham Law School, "Capital Punishment in Jewish and American Law"
• Steven Resnicoff, DePaul Law School, "Self-Incrimination and Confessions in Jewish and American Law"

6 p.m., Harkness Commons South Dining Hall, Harvard Law School

Andrew Kaufman, Harvard Law School, "Benjamin Cardozo: A Jewish Judge?"

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