First Published in 1992. This collection of papers is Volume ten from The Jewish Law Institute. Split onto three parts, it covers the area of Parent and Child, including amongst others, offences punishable by death, child custody, Parents and Children under Moslem Law, Physical Violence and Herod's Domestic Court. . Part two entitled Chronicle, has examples of cases and Part three includes a survey of recent literature.

PART ONE PARENT AND CHILD Introduction, Offences against Parents Punishable by Death: Towards a Socio-Legal Interpretation of Ex. 21:15, Herod's Domestic Court? The Judgment of Death for Herod's Sons, The Law and the Relationship between Parents and Children, Physical Violence by Parents against Their Children in Jewish History and Jewish Law, Purifying Mamzerim, On the Nature of the Rules Governing Custody of Children in Jewish Law, The Welfare of the Child and Religious Considerations, A Father's Obligation to Maintain His Children in Talmudic Law, Parents and Children under Moslem Law, From a Debate on Family Law to a Debate on Children's Rights, CHRONICLE, Limits without Walls: Constricting Religious Freedom in the United States, Jewish Law in the State of Israel, 1. Messianic Jews and the Law of Return, 2. Celebration and Registration of Marriages by Reform Rabbis 3. Defining Conversion to Judaism PART THREE Survey of Recent Literature