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Beis Din today
Question
I am looking for any liturature that desribes the Beis din process,its methods and the scope of issues that it deals with in these times.
Additionally, how litigants are summoned, how the process moves forward in-between sessions, etc.
Answer
If you read Hebrew a possible source is:
Civil Procedure in Jewish Law (Seder HaDin)
by Prof. Eliav Shochetman. 532 pp.
A presentation of the norms of judicial procedure in Jewish law, based upon both classical sources of Jewish law and rulings of the rabbinical courts in Israel. This volume, for the first time, acquaints the legal community with the procedure for conducting cases in the Rabbinical courts according to Jewish law - in terms of both theory and practice. This volume, which focuses specifically upon civil procedure, also includes a comparison to the procedures in the courts of general jurisdiction.
Contents
INTRODUCTION
Chapter One: THE COURT AND ITS PROCEDURES
Chapter Two: PARTIES AND THEIR REPRESENTATION
Chapter Three: COURT VENUE
Chapter Four: PLEADINGS
Chapter Five: SERVICE OF PROCESS
Chapter Six: TIME OF THE HEARING
Chapter Seven: IMMEDIATE DISMISSAL OF THE CLAIM, ITS CANCELATION, POSTPONEMENT, OR ABANDONMENT
Chapter Eight: FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE HEARING
Chapter Nine: THE HEARING
Chapter Ten: COMPROMISE SUGGESTION TO THE PARTIES
Chapter Eleven: THE ORAL HEARING (ARGUMENTS)
Chapter Twelve: WITNESSES AND EVIDENCE
Chapter Thirteen: EXAMINATION OF PARTIES AND WITNESSES
Chapter Fourteen: PROTOCOL
Chapter Fifteen: THE JUDGEMENT
Chapter Sixteen: INCIDENTAL RELIEF: INTEREST, LINKAGE AND COSTS
Chapter Seventeen: TEMPORARY RELIEF: ATTACHMENT OF PROPERTY, PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION AND NE EXEAT REGNO
Chapter Eighteen: NON-FINALITY OF JUDGMENTS
Chapter Nineteen: THE APPEAL