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While discussing the validity of a sale when the original owner was coerced to sell, the Gemara suggests comparing it to a case of divorce.
According to Torah law only the husband can act to divorce his wife; the wife does not have the power to create a divorce. The Gemara in Gittin (88b) teaches that there are exceptions. If a beit din forces the husband to give a get (write of divorce), the divorce will take effect. If it is a non-Jewish court that forces him to give a get, no divorce takes place. If, however, the Jewish court rules that the husband should divorce his wife, but they do not have the power to force him to give a get, they can turn to the secular courts and arrange for them to force him to follow their ruling.
We explore the legal ramification of coercion (Hobbes) with a review of the work of Rabbi Emanuel Rackman.