Rinn Law Library

Faculty Publications

Resnicoff, Steven

Books

• Understanding Jewish Law (Matthew Bender, forthcoming 2012)
  
• With Wayne K. Lewis, Negotiable Instruments and Other Payment Systems (Lexis Nexis Matthew Bender, 2006).
  
• With Wayne Lewis, Negotiable Instruments and Other Payment Systems: Problems and Materials (LexisNexis, 2004).
  
• With Wayne Lewis, The New Law of Negotiable Instruments (Michie, 1996) with 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2004 Supplements.
  
• Contributing Co-Editor, Bankruptcy (Ginsberg and Martin, eds., 4th ed. Aspen Law and Business, 1995 with 1996 and 1997 updates).
  
• Lead Author, Bankruptcy Issues for State Trial Court Judges (American Bankruptcy Institute, 1995).
  
• With Wayne Lewis, Illinois Law of Negotiable Instruments (Ill. Inst. Cont. Leg. Educ., 1994).
  
• Contributing Co-Editor, Bankruptcy (3d ed. Prentice-Hall, 1992).
  
• Contributing Co-Author, Bankruptcy (2d ed. Prentice-Hall, 1989).
  

Book Chapters

• With Donna Litman, Jewish and American Inheritance Law: Commonalities, Clashes, and Estate Planning Consequences (forthcoming in Jewish Law Association Studies)
  
• Da'at Torah and Censorship, in Jewish Law Association Studies XX (Liverpool, Deborah Charles Publications, 2009).
  
• May Plaintiffs Enjoy a Double Recovery? The "Collateral Source Rule " and Jewish Law, in Jewish Law Association Studies XVIII (Global Publications, 2008).
  
• Fraudulent Transfer Law in Illinois, in Secured Transactions (Robert M. Fishman, et al. eds., Ill. Inst. For Continuing Legal Educ. 2007).
  
• Keeping One's Word in Commercial & Non-Commercial Contexts, in Jewish Law Association Studies XVI (Global Publications, 2007).
  Full text via SSRN
• Lying and Lawyering: An Honest Perspective, in Contemporary Issues in Business Ethics 183-204 (Keith W. Kraesmann and Patricia H. Werhane, eds., University Press, 2006).
  
• Contemporary Halakhic Problems, in Modern Judaism: An Oxford Guide (N. De Lange & M. Freud-Kandel, eds., Oxford University Press, 2005).
  
• Ends and Means in Jewish Law: Lying to Achieve Financial Justice, Jewish Law Annual XV (Nessa Olshansky-Ashtar, ed., Taylor & Francis, 2004).
  
• Euthanasia and Physician Assisted Dying, in Jewish Public Policy and Social Issues (Marshall J. Breger, ed., Praeger Publishers, 2003).
  
• Jewish Fraudulent Transfer Law, in Jewish Law Association Studies XIII 191-227 (Hillel Gamoran, ed., Global Publications, 2002).
  
• Professional Autonomy: A Theological Critique in Law and Religion: Current Legal Issues Volume 4 (Richard O'Dair and Andrew Lewis, eds., Oxford University Press, 2001).
  
• Illinois Fraudulent Transfer Law, in Secured Transactions (R.M. Fishman et al., eds., Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 2001).
  
• Helping a Client Violate Jewish Law: A Jewish Lawyer’s Dilemma, in Jewish Law Association Studies X (H.G. Sprecher, ed., Global Publications, 2000).
  Full text via SSRN
• The Secular Enforceability of a Beis Din Judgment, in The Ethical Imperative (Nisson Wolpin, ed., Artscroll Publications, 2000) (re-publication).
  
• A Proposal for a High School Course in Torah Ethics, in The Ethical Imperative (Nisson Wolpin, ed., Artscroll Publications, 2000) (re-publication) (with I. Kasdan).
  
• The Corporate Veil: A Still Shrouded Mystery, in Jewish Business Ethics: The Firm and Its Stakeholders (A. Levine ed., Yeshiva University Press, 1999) (with M. Broyde).
  
• Fraudulent Transfers, in Advanced Commercial Finance and Creditors’ Rights in Illinois (Ill. Inst. for Continuing Legal Educ., 1993 with 1996 update).
  
• Unsecured Claims, in Chapter 11 Theory and Practice: A Guide to Reorganization (James F. Queenan, Jr. and Philip J. Hendel, eds., LRP Publications, 1994 with 1995 update).
  

Articles

• Jewish Law and the Tragedy of Sexual Abuse of Children - The Dilemma Within the Orthodox Jewish Community, 13 Rutgers J. L. & Rel. ___ (2012)
  Full text via Rutgers Journal of Law and Religion
• Jewish and American Bankruptcy Law: Their Similarities, Differences and Interactions, 19 Am. Bankr. Inst. L. Rev. 551 (2012)
  Full text via SSRN
• Shooting Down Suicide Airplanes – What Does Law Got to Do With It?, 10 Issues Aviation L. & Pol'y. 281 (2011)
  
• Illinois’ New Legal Ethics Rules: A Disappointing Travail, 9 DePaul Bus. & Com. L.J. 29 (2010)
  Full text via Hein Online
  DePaul Campus Connect login required off-campus
• Autonomy in Jewish Law-in Theory and in Practice 24 J. L. & Religion 507 (2009).
  Full text via Hein Online,
  DePaul Campus Connect login required off-campus
• Supplying Human Body Parts: A Jewish Law Perspective, 55 DePaul L. Rev. 851 (2006).
  Full text via SSRN
• Does Corporate Decision Making Allow Room for Religious Values?, 11 Fordham J. Corp. & Fin. L. 547 (2006).
  Full text via BNet
• Jewish Law and Socially Responsible Corporate Conduct, 11 Fordham J. of Corp. & Fin. L. 681 (2006).
  Full text via SSRN
• Jewish Law: Duties of the Intellect, 1 U. St. Thomas L. Rev. 386 (2003).
  Full text via Hein Online,
  DePaul Campus Connect login required off-campus
• Lying and Lawyering: Contrasting American and Jewish Law, 77 Notre Dame L. Rev. 937 (2002).
  Full text via SSRN
• Lying and Lawyering: An Honest Perspective, 7 DePaul Academic Affairs Quarterly 6 (2002).
  
• The Attorney-Client Relationship: A Jewish Law Perspective, 14 Notre Dame J.L. Ethics & Pub. Pol’y 349 (2000).
  Full text via SSRN
• Jewish Law Perspectives on Suicide and Physician-Assisted Dying, 13 J.L. & Religion 289 (1999).
  Full text via Hein Online,
  DePaul Campus Connect login required off-campus
• The Jewish Perspective on the Theft of Artworks Stolen During World War II, 10 DePaul-LCA J. Art & Ent. L. & Pol’y 67 (1999).
  Full text via Hein Online,
  DePaul Campus Connect login required off-campus
• Physician-Assisted Dying: Halachic Perspective, XXXVII J. Halacha & Contemp. Soc'y. 47 (1999).
  
• A Jewish Look at Lawyering Ethics - A Preliminary Essay, 15 Touro L.Rev. 73 (1998).
  Full text via SSRN
• With Michael Broyde, Jewish Law and Modern Business Structures: The Corporate Paradigm, 43 Wayne L.Rev. 1685 (1997).
  Full text via SSRN
• Physician Assisted Suicide under Jewish Law, 1 DePaul J. Health Care L. 589 (1997).
  Full text via Hein Online,
  DePaul Campus Connect login required off-campus
• Interaction Between Bankruptcy Law and State Law: What Illinois Judges Need to Know, 24 Loy. U. Chi. L.J. 437 (1993).
  Full text via Hein Online,
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• Is It Morally Wrong to Depend on the Honesty of Your Partner or Spouse? Bankruptcy Dischargeability of Vicarious Debt, 42 Case W. Res. L. Rev. 147 (1992) (reprinted in 67th Annual Meeting of the Nat. Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, Orlando, Florida, 10/17-10/20 (1993)).
  Full text via Hein Online,
  DePaul Campus Connect login required off-campus
• Bankruptcy Law - A Viable Halachic Option?, XXIV J. Halacha and Contemp. Soc'y 5 (1992).
  
• The End of a Judicial Odyssey? A Legislative Answer to Equity in Utility Connection Fees, 11 Seton Hall Legis. J. 295 (1988)(reprinted in Public Utility Law Anthology, Vol. XII (1990)).
  Full text via Hein Online,
  DePaul Campus Connect login required off-campus
• Barring Bankruptcy Banditry: Revision of Section 523(a)(2)(C), 7 Bankr. Dev. J. 427 (1990).
  Full text via Hein Online,
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• Dischargeability in Bankruptcy of Debts Incurred by "Purported Purchasers", 64 St. John's L. Rev. 253 (1990).
  Full text via Hein Online,
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• A Commercial Conundrum: Does Prudence Permit the Jewish "Permissible Venture"?, 20 Seton Hall L. Rev. 77 (1989).
  Full text via Hein Online,
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• Durable Power of Attorney, N.J. Law., Aug. 1985, at 35.
  
• Contributor, Taxation of Computer Software (Part II), 26 Jurimetrics J. 77 (1985).
  Full text via Hein Online,
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Book Reviews

• Book Review, __Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies__ (forthcoming), reviewing For the Love of God and People: A Philosophy of Jewish Law by Elliot N. Dorff. (Jewish Publication Society, 2007).
  
• Book Review, 17 J.L. & Religion 279 (2002), reviewing The Orthodox Forum: Rabbinic Authority and Personal Autonomy by M. Sokol ed. (Jason Aronson, Inc. 1992).
  Full text via Hein Online,
  DePaul Campus Connect login required off-campus
• Book Review, 17 J.L. & Religion 193 (2002), reviewing Jewish Law and the New Reproductive Technologies by E. Feldman & J. Wolowelsky eds. (KTAV Publishing House, Inc. 1997).
  Full text via Hein Online,
  DePaul Campus Connect login required off-campus
• Book Review, Bimonthly Review of Law Books (1989) reviewing Joseph J. Norton and W. Mike Baggett, Lender Liability Law and Litigation (Matthew Bender, 1989).
  

Miscellaneous

• Panel, "Economics of Biotechnology: The Human Gene Patenting Debate." Annual Symposium of the Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property. 4 March 2011
  
• Lead Author, Bankruptcy Issues for State Trial Court Judges, American Bankruptcy Institute (1995) (lead author), excerpted in When Worlds Collide: Bankruptcy and its Impact on Domestic Relations and Family Law (ABI, 1997).
  
• Conference Materials: The Unlimited Personal Liability of Partners: Bankruptcy Implications for Professional Partners, 67th Ann. Meeting of the Nat. Conference of Bankrupcy Judges, Orlando, Florida, 10/17-10/20 (1993).
  
• Conference Materials: Bankruptcy Law and State Courts, Committee on Economic Distress, Ill. Judicial Conference, Fall, 1992.