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030567 MC Jewish Law Moot Court (2025W)
The Rabbinic Tribunal of Prague
Continuous assessment of course work
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Registration/Deregistration
Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from We 10.09.2025 00:01 to Su 12.10.2025 23:59
- Deregistration possible until Fr 17.10.2025 23:59
Details
max. 20 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Friday 17.10. 08:30 - 10:00 Seminarraum SEM41 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 4.OG
- Friday 24.10. 12:00 - 13:00 Seminarraum SEM31 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 3.OG
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
The Jewish Law Moot Court, run by the law faculties of the University of Vienna, Masaryk University Brno, Vilnius University, Moscow State University (suspended) , the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Tel Aviv University and the Cardozo Law School, New York aims at introducing participants to Jewish law as it was practiced in the early modern period. The focus is on the application of Jewish law under concrete historical conditions rather than on Jewish law as a timeless normative system, on "law in action" rather than on "law in the books". The case assignment is usually modelled on a concrete historical case adjudicated by one of the rabbinical courts, the jurisdiction of which is reconstructed in research projects of the team Wendehorst of the Institute for Legal and Constitutional History of the University of Vienna. The Rabbinical court of Prague, arguably the most important Jewish legal forum both in the Western Ashkenazic world, the Holy Roman Empire and the Austrian Hereditary Lands, but also the rabbinical courts of : Fulda, Würzburg, Mantova and Moravia serve as points of reference for the Jewish Law Moot Court.
Assessment and permitted materials
The students' achievement will be monitored on the basis of their participation in the coaching week from 22 to 27 February 2026, their performance in the mock moot court and the written version of their pleadings during the mock moot court to be handed in after the mock moot court.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
There are five to six conditions for a successful participation in the Jewish Law Moot Court:
- interest in, but no prior knowledge of Jewish law
- a letter of motivation
- above than average English language skills
- enthusiasm for team work
- participation in the core programme of the coaching week from 22 -27 February is obligatory, participation in excursions and additional lectures is optional
- writing a seminar paper based on the oral pleading in the moot court is required in order to gain 4 additional ECTS
- interest in, but no prior knowledge of Jewish law
- a letter of motivation
- above than average English language skills
- enthusiasm for team work
- participation in the core programme of the coaching week from 22 -27 February is obligatory, participation in excursions and additional lectures is optional
- writing a seminar paper based on the oral pleading in the moot court is required in order to gain 4 additional ECTS
Examination topics
- The relevant legal sources for the Jewish Law Moot Court.
- Participation in the mock moot court on 27 February 2026.
- Participation in the mock moot court on 27 February 2026.
Reading list
- A copy of the legal sources for the Jewish Law Moot Court in an English translation is provided for each student (Copies from the previous Jewish Law Moot Courts may be obtained from team Wendehorst of the Institute for Legal and Constitutional History).
- Literature refered to during the Jewish Law Moot Court.
- Literature refered to during the Jewish Law Moot Court.
Association in the course directory
Last modified: We 15.10.2025 12:05