Bargaining in the Shadow of the Law: The Case of Jewish Divorce and Gett-Abuse – Prof. Ruth Halperin Kaddari’s lecture to the international Beit Din.
In Israel, divorce negotiations take place in the shadow of the Jewish law. A law which gives one party the ultimate power to veto the divorce, while creating a much more pressing need for it by the other party. The validity of the Jewish divorce (the gett) is preconditioned on the husband’s free will while […]