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On 21 June 2024, the High Court of Namibia in Friedel Laurentius Dausab vs. The Minister of Justice unanimously held that laws criminalizing same-sex relationships are unconstitutional and invalid. The judgment significantly advances anti-discrimination law jurisprudence in Namibia, particularly in relation to the grounds of sexual orientation and the interpretation of constitutional equality provisions.

Front Matter -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Content -- PART I: The Literature and Methodsof Jewish Law -- Introduction -- A. THE ORIGINS AND AIMS OF THIS BOOK -- B. THE STRUCTURE AND METHODS OF THIS BOOK -- C. WHO ARE THE JEWS? -- D. COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT JEWISH LAW -- Topic One: Biblical Law -- A. THE BIBLICAL WORLD -- B. FUNDAMENTALIST AND HISTORICAL APPROACHES TO THE BIBLE -- C. THE STRUCTURE AND CONTENTS OF THE BIBLE -- D. THE BIBLICAL LAW CODES -- Topic Two: The Biblical Law of Injury -- A. THE COVENANT CODE'S TREATMENT OF PERSONAL INJURY -- B. THE CODE Of HAMMURABI -- C. THE HITTITE LAWS -- Topic Tllree: Biblical Jurisprudence -- A. LAW AND WORLD VIEW -- B. BIBLICAL METHODS Of RESOLVING DISPUTES -- C. THE SOURCE OF THE LAW AND LEGAL OBEDIENCE: THE COVENANT -- D. REASONS FOR OBEYING THE LAW -- E. LAW AND JUSTICE IN THE BIBLE: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MORAL NORMS AND GOD'S WORD -- F. BIBLICAL LAW AND CHANGE: ADAPTING DIVINE LAW TO NEW CIRCUMSTANCES -- Topic Four: Rabbinic Law of Injuries -- A. AN OVERVIEW OF THE HISTORY AND LITERATURE OF THE SECOND TEMPLE AND RABBINIC PERIODS -- B. MIDRASH HALAKHAH -- C. MISHNAH -- D. CALIFORNIA JURY INSTRUCTIONS -- E. GEMARA ON INJURIES: BAVA KAMMA 83b-84a, 85a-86a, 86b, 90b -- F. SECTARIAN LAWS OF INJURIES -- Topic Five: The Oral Torah: Rabbinic Exegesis and Oral Traditions -- A. Two WAYS OF DEALING WITH A FIXED TEXT I: EXEGESIS AND ITS JUSTIFICATION -- B. Two WAYS OF DEALING WITH A FIXED TEXT-I: THE METHODS ANDUSE OF EXEGESIS -- C. Two WAYS OF DEALING WITH A FIXED TEXT-II: THE ORALTRADITION -- D. Continuity and Change -- E. The Limits of the Flexibility of the Text and the Tradition: Opposition Movements in Jewish Legal History -- Topic Six: The Authority and Morality of the Tradition.