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3 - The Foundations of the Maimonidean Theory:

Different Goals for Different Categories of Damage

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 August 2020

Yuval Sinai
Affiliation:
Orot Israel College
Benjamin Shmueli
Affiliation:
Bar-Ilan University, Israel
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Chapter 3 introduces the foundations of the Maimonidean theory: the scope of tort law, its connection to criminal law, the classification of the different categories of tort law, and the various objectives underlying each of these categories. We argue that understanding Maimonides’s tort theory and providing a complete view of his theory requires three things: An awareness that Maimonides’ theory incorporates various goals and considerations that operate in concert; the understanding that Maimonides introduced different goals for different categories of damage; and a focus both on what Maimonides wrote in his Code and in the Guide and in his other works such as Commentary to the Mishnah and Responsa. In each category of damage one goal (or more) is (or are) more dominant than the others. A fundamental division into different types of torts emerges from the classification of the Book of Torts in the Code: The basic distinction between damages that are caused by a person’s property and damages that are caused by the person himself; the distinction between a person who causes physical injury to another and a person who damages the property of another; and the distinction between regular damage to nuisance and damages to neighbors.

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Maimonides and Contemporary Tort Theory
Law, Religion, Economics, and Morality
, pp. 80 - 137
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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