In this article, I argue that beyond identifiable instances of extortion and abuse, the threat of being a chained wife disempowers women in divorce negotiations in a manner that is fundamentally problematic and must be remedied in a manner different than remedies often discussed that focus on...

We argue that there is a stream in the Talmud that attributes the responsibility to one player alone in the case of a joint crime/joint tort, and even in dividing the credits for a joint Mitzvah. We used the game theory to investigate which incentives are provided by this approach, which games...