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Law Professor Donna Litman Published for Comparative Work on Jewish and American Rules of Statutory Construction
Donna Litman
NSU Professor of Law Donna Litman’s article, “A Case on the Border between Jewish and American Rules of Statutory Construction: A Comparative Analysis,” was published in Jewish Law and its Interaction with Other Legal Systems 120-175 (Christine Hayes & Amos Israel-Vleeschhouwer, eds., Jewish Law Association Studies XXV, 2014). She teaches at NSU Law in the areas of business planning, comparative law, estate planning, and tax law.
Litman’s article, “A Case on the Border between Jewish and American Rules of Statutory Construction: A Comparative Analysis” considers 13 principles used to interpret the Torah and compares them to general American canons of statutory construction. To facilitate the comparison, Jewish law is viewed through the lens of American law and the terminology employed in construing American statutes. This paper also considers whether the manner in which the law is constructed affects how it is construed.
Litman serves as faculty advisor for the Jewish Law Students Association and the Transactional Law Practice Group and as co-advisor to The Real Property, Probate, and Trust Law Society at the Law Center. She also coaches award-winning student teams for transactional competitions, including the National Health Law Moot Court Competition and the National Transactional Law Meet.