case ("casuistic") laws

Case laws chiasm

David A. Dorsey, The Literary Structure of the Old Testament

1. a
   kindness to servants21:2–11
2. b
   capital offenses: surely he will die (môt yûmāṯ)21:12–17
3. c
   noncapital bodily assaults21:18–27
4. d
   death or injury of person by animal21:28–32
5. e
   loss of property due to accident21:33–36
6. e′
   loss of property due to theft22:1–9
7. d′
   death, injury, or loss of animal by person22:10–15
8. c′
   noncapital bodily offense: seduction of virgin22:16–17
9. b′
   capital offenses: surely he will die (môt yûmāṯ)22:18–20
10. a′
    kindness to aliens, widows, orphans, poor22:21–27