Topic in one line: This section explains special cases where the usual rule that the claimant follows the defendant may be affected by personal obligations of respect, such as honoring a father or a primary Torah teacher.

Topic in one line: This section explains the Rema’s rule that when the claimant and defendant live in different cities, the claimant must generally follow the defendant to the defendant’s local Beit Din, unless the claimant can lawfully freeze the defendant’s assets elsewhere.

Topic in one line: This section revisits the basic rule that the lender can force the borrower to go to a superior Beit Din, and discusses whether that depends on whether the party is traveling there anyway.

Topic in one line: This section explains the Rema’s practical rules for local jurisdiction nowadays, especially when one party is only temporarily in town.

Topic in one line: This section explains the Rema’s ruling that although, in principle, there are cases where one litigant can force the other to go to a superior Beit Din, nowadays the accepted practice is that cases are judged locally when there is a local Beit Din.

Topic in one line: This section explains two important limitations on the claimant’s power to force the defendant to go to a superior Beit Din: the destination must be within the same country, and the claim must have real substance.

Topic in one line: This section explains how the Shulchan Aruch applies the rules of Beit Din HaGadol in later generations, and why the lender has the decisive choice of forum.

Topic in one line: This section studies the Shulchan Aruch’s qualifications to the rule of local judgment, and the dispute between the Sema and Netivot about what counts as a claimant-defendant case.

Topic in one line: This section begins the ruling of the Shulchan Aruch on when a case is judged locally and when the local Beit Din may consult a greater authority.

Topic in one line: This section presents the Rambam’s view that only a claimant with a substantiated claim can force the defendant to go to the supreme Beit Din or to the greatest authority of the generation.