Religious Tradition and the Corporal Punishment of Children: A Comparison of the American and Israeli Legal Systems

Morag, Tamar

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“…In Hinduism, Danda (punishment by the ruler) is used to correct any violation of Dharma (religion) (Davis, 2010). According to Shmueli (2001), the "centerpiece" of the Jewish attitude toward CP of children is related to the verse "He that spareth his rod hateth his son" (Proverbs 13, 24) (Morag, 2011). Thus, individuals' interpretations of these various religious teachings suggest CP support in a range of societies.…”

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Variations in the Acceptance of Parental Corporal Punishment of Children: What Matters?

Baniamin

2021

J Interpers Violence

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This article tries to identify people’s degree of acceptance of parental corporal punishment (CP) of children and the nature of the association of different variables, particularly the value variables with such acceptance. For this purpose, the study uses data from the World Values Survey 6 (2010-2014), which is a large survey of attitudes based on representative samples from 60 different countries (around 1,200 respondents from each). This study tested five hypotheses and two subhypotheses on individuals’ acceptance of parental CP: effects of emancipative values (aspiration to autonomy and freedom), nonmasculine values, religiousness, people’s dissatisfaction with life in general, and more specifically, dissatisfaction with financial and health conditions and national bans on CP. The findings show that the higher level presence of emancipative values and nonmasculine values are associated with lower support for CP. The study also finds that a number of sociodemographic variables affect the endorsement of CP; on the one hand, people with higher age and lower social classes (subjective) tend to express less support for CP, whereas on the other, people with no partners (divorced/separated/widowed/single) and men tend to express higher support for the use of parental CP. The identification of these associations can help us to develop more effective policies to address the problem of CP.

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Variations in the Acceptance of Parental Corporal Punishment of Children: What Matters?

Baniamin

2021

J Interpers Violence

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“…The extensive role of debate and interpretation are characteristic of most, perhaps all, religious legal orders. For example, it has been argued that “the legitimacy of diversity in Jewish tradition and its ability to adapt to changing values and circumstances through a process of interpretation” was enhanced in Israel by the “broad and vague formulation of the Foundations of the Law statute” to result in an interpretation of biblical sources that led to holding that corporal punishment of children was legally impermissible, whereas the Christian Protestant reading of those same sources led to the opposite conclusion (Morag ).…”

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Positivism and Plural Legal Systems

Eekelaar

2012

Ratio Juris

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This paper considers whether the positivist account of law is useful in guiding states in how they should deal with religious or customary legal orders followed by minority groups within their jurisdiction. It argues, first, that such orders can be said to exist despite the prevalence of disagreement about the grounds of law. It then argues, contrary to views advanced by Scott Shapiro and Joseph Raz, that there are good reasons for perceiving that the resolution of legal disputes by reference to moral principle involves the application of pre‐existing law. However, the paper concludes by arguing that the Social Thesis has an important role in supplying the basis upon which the application of law can be deemed to be legitimate, and that this has relevance to the way states might respond to minority legal orders.

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Global Governance and the Role of Non-state Actors in Improving the Social and Economic Development of Growing Economies: A Conceptual Approach Using a Global Public Health Framework on Violence Prevention

Lemard-Marlow

Wilt

2018

Civil Society: The Engine for Economic and Social Well-Being

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Religious Tradition and the Corporal Punishment of Children: A Comparison of the American and Israeli Legal Systems

Cited by 5 publications

References 6 publications

Variations in the Acceptance of Parental Corporal Punishment of Children: What Matters?

Variations in the Acceptance of Parental Corporal Punishment of Children: What Matters?

Positivism and Plural Legal Systems

Global Governance and the Role of Non-state Actors in Improving the Social and Economic Development of Growing Economies: A Conceptual Approach Using a Global Public Health Framework on Violence Prevention

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