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Composed: Talmudic Israel, c.190 – c.230 CE
Tractate Sanhedrin (“Assembly of Judges”) is a tractate in Seder Nezikin (“Order of Damages") that addresses the judicial system. Its eleven chapters discuss the selection of judges and forming a court, the process of accepting testimony, and monetary, corporal, and capital punishment.