[Avodah] Court system models

[Michael Makovi]

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

The British (and American) philosophies of government were both very
Tanach-inspired. See

Yoram Hazony, "Judaism and the Modern State", Azure, no.
21, Summer 2005. http://azure.org.il/magazine/magazine.asp?id=271

and

Rabbi Ken Spiro, "Jews and the Founding of America", Aish haTorah,
http://www.aish.com/literacy/jewishhistory/Crash_Course_in_Jewish_History_Part_55_-_Jews_and_the_Founding_of_America.asp

Mikha'el Makovi