[Avodah] Court system models

[Silverman, Philip B]

Liron Kopinsky writes:
 
> It just occured to me this week that the US 
> court system is almost exactly
> Yitro's advice. The more high-profile 
> (and big) a court case is, the higher
> it gets pushed in the courts until it 
> could reach the supreme court.

 

I have heard that part of the US government structure was inspired by
Tanach:

 

"... they relied upon their own experience at writing state
constitutions, their knowledge of governments past, and upon divine
inspiration. They forged new principles of government. And they invented
a Separation of Powers between the legislative, executive, and judicial
branches -- which was inspired by the scripture in Isaiah (33:22): "For
the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our Lawgiver, the Lord is our King;
He will save us."

 

However, I've only found this observation in non-Jewish sources. Can
anyone identify a rabbi who also points this out? (I understand that
it's possible that this rabbi might simply be quoting the same source I
did.)

 

Philip 

 



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