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1 Israel Herbert Levinthal, The Jewish Law of Agency 117 (1922)

handle is hein.religion/hwshlw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE JEWISH LAW OF AGENCY By ISRAEL HERBERT LEVINTHAL, Brooklyn, N. Y. INTRODUCTION THE JEWISH people have been credited by the world with having contributed more than any other people in the domain of Religion and Religious Morality. Even the most stubborn of our opponents admit that Religion would not have been the force and the power in civilization that it is were it not for the Jew. Few, however, know how much the Jew has contributed to other fields in the realm of human progress. To Rome is given unstinted praise for her legal system and for her influence upon juristic develop- ment. No text-book on any legal topic fails to pay homage to Rome for her contribution in the field of law. That she deserves most of this praise, no one will doubt. But that the Jew is deserving of more credit than he receives for his contribution in the field of law, is realized by only a few. When one delves in the pages of the Talmud and glimpses in the works of the later rabbis, he marvels at the fine legal insight possessed by these ancient sages; and at times he would almost be led to believe that he is study- ing the laws of some modern and highly developed code. Nay, more, he would begin to ask himself: Is it possible that this ancient collection of laws, that are so in consonance with the modern juristic spirit, should have had no influence upon the systems of law that rule the peoples of to-day? He would then, undoubtedly, come to the conclusion reached by President Woodrow Wilson when he said, in his treatise on the State: It would be a mistake, however, 117

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