Book Launch: The Crown and the Courts: Separation of Powers in the Early Jewish Imagination

A scholar of law and religion uncovers a surprising origin story behind the idea of the separation of powers.
The separation of powers is a bedrock of modern constitutionalism, but striking antecedents were developed centuries earlier, by Jewish scholars and rabbis of antiquity. Attending carefully to their seminal works and the historical milieu, David Flatto shows how a foundation of democratic rule was contemplated and justified long before liberal democracy was born.

We invite you for a conversation with David C. Flatto, professor of law and of Jewish philosophy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and a scholar of Jewish law and comparative constitutional law and jurisprudence; Ethan J. Leib, John D. Calamari Distinguished Professor of Law at Fordham Law School; Michael A. Helfand, professor of law and vice dean for faculty and research at Pepperdine Caruso School of Law; and Elana Stein Hain, director of faculty and a senior fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America.

Complimentary CLE available; CLE credit for the program is pending (or approved) in accordance with the requirements of the New York state and New Jersey CLE Boards for a maximum of 1.0 transitional and non-transitional professional practice credits.