David Fraser is Professor of Law and Social Theory at the University of Nottingham. His research focuses on legal aspects of the Shoah and modern Jewish legal history in the Anglo-American world. He has previously published the book “Honorary Protestants”: The Jewish School Question in Montreal, 1867-1997 (2015).

“An outstanding piece of research, Fraser’s work would make a valuableaddition to any academic library.” —Randall C. and Anne-Marie Belinfante, AJL Reviews May/June 2019

• Acknowledgments Introduction: Jews, Shechita, and the Law 2. Criminalizing Shechita: The Halifax Prosecution of Abraham Levitt, 1913 3. The Aberdeen Shechita Case of 1893: Criminalizing the Jewish Method in Scotland 4. The Mansion House Case: Anti-Shechita in London, 1855 5. Manchester Shechita: Criminalizing Orthodox Judaism 1878 and Beyond 6. The Birkenhead Shechita Cases 7. Criminalizing Shechita Down Under: The Sydney Case 8. Outlawing Shechita in America 9. The Massachusetts Anti-Shechita Story 10. The End (or Not) of the Story: Shechita and the Law in the Anglo-American World, 1855-1913

David Fraser is Professor of Law and Social Theory at the University of Nottingham. His research focuses on legal aspects of the Shoah and modern Jewish legal history in the Anglo-American world. He has previously published the book “Honorary Protestants”: The Jewish School Question in Montreal, 1867-1997 (2015).

“An outstanding piece of research, Fraser’s work would make a valuableaddition to any academic library.” —Randall C. and Anne-Marie Belinfante, AJL Reviews May/June 2019

• Acknowledgments Introduction: Jews, Shechita, and the Law 2. Criminalizing Shechita: The Halifax Prosecution of Abraham Levitt, 1913 3. The Aberdeen Shechita Case of 1893: Criminalizing the Jewish Method in Scotland 4. The Mansion House Case: Anti-Shechita in London, 1855 5. Manchester Shechita: Criminalizing Orthodox Judaism 1878 and Beyond 6. The Birkenhead Shechita Cases 7. Criminalizing Shechita Down Under: The Sydney Case 8. Outlawing Shechita in America 9. The Massachusetts Anti-Shechita Story 10. The End (or Not) of the Story: Shechita and the Law in the Anglo-American World, 1855-1913

David Fraser is Professor of Law and Social Theory at the University of Nottingham. His research focuses on legal aspects of the Shoah and modern Jewish legal history in the Anglo-American world. He has previously published the book “Honorary Protestants”: The Jewish School Question in Montreal, 1867-1997 (2015).

“An outstanding piece of research, Fraser’s work would make a valuableaddition to any academic library.” —Randall C. and Anne-Marie Belinfante, AJL Reviews May/June 2019

• Acknowledgments Introduction: Jews, Shechita, and the Law 2. Criminalizing Shechita: The Halifax Prosecution of Abraham Levitt, 1913 3. The Aberdeen Shechita Case of 1893: Criminalizing the Jewish Method in Scotland 4. The Mansion House Case: Anti-Shechita in London, 1855 5. Manchester Shechita: Criminalizing Orthodox Judaism 1878 and Beyond 6. The Birkenhead Shechita Cases 7. Criminalizing Shechita Down Under: The Sydney Case 8. Outlawing Shechita in America 9. The Massachusetts Anti-Shechita Story 10. The End (or Not) of the Story: Shechita and the Law in the Anglo-American World, 1855-1913