Law, Actually: Code and Coercion in the works of Yosef Karo
Yosef Karo
Shulhan 'arukh
Title page of the fourth and final part, Hoshen Mishpat, named after the high priest's breastplate and focusing on the non-ritual aspects of leading a Jewish life
Sabbioneta: Tuvia Eliezer Foa, 1559
Yosef Karo
Shulhan Arukh
Shulhan Arukh, final page, showing the censor's signature at bottom left
Venice: 1564-1565

