The historical breakdown of rabbinic authority in Judaism has created an increasingly rigid legal system disconnected from modern life, demanding a new approach to Jewish legal reform. Jacob B. Agus confronts this challenge by proposing a radical restructuring of Conservative Judaism's legislative process through the principle of *takkanot* (rabbinic enactments). Contemporary Jewish religious life requires a delicate balance between Divine Law's subjective acceptance and objective analysis of halakhic precepts in modern contexts. Through critical analysis of Orthodox, Reform, and Conservative approaches to *Halakhah*, Agus reveals how existing Conservative Law Committees operate within the same interpretive constraints as Orthodox authorities, limiting meaningful reform. As an alternative, he proposes establishing a "Jewish Academy" modeled after the French Academy, comprising distinguished rabbis, scholars, and laypeople empowered to enact *takkanot* through democratic consensus. This methodology would restore flexibility to Jewish law while maintaining continuity with traditional legal structures. Conservative Judaism's future vitality, Agus argues, depends upon embracing this legislative approach rather than following the current path of diminishing rabbinic authority, which inevitably leads to either Orthodox rigidity or Reform abandonment of the halakhic framework.