Jewish law without a state: history and modernity

The phenomenon of Jewish law has recently become covered in educational and scientific Russian-language literature, but it is paid attention only in the context of the ancient history of the state and law, so the further evolution of this legal system, the mechanisms of its interaction with the national law in different countries of residence of Jews remains outside the This textbook allows you to write Jewish law in the General context of the theory and history of state and law and political teachings, not limited to the periods when the Jews had full sovereignty. Meets the requirements of the Federal state educational standards of higher education of the last generation. The materials of the textbook were tested during classes with undergraduate and graduate students at the Department of Judaics of the Institute of Asian and African countries of Moscow state University named after M. V. Lomonosov on the course "Introduction to Jewish law" and can be used to conduct classes on Jewish law in the framework of courses "Comparative law", "History of state and law of foreign countries".