James Nels Whitman

Harsh Justice: Criminal Punishment and Thw Widening Divide Between America and Europe

The Origins of Reasonable Doubt: Theological Roots of the Criminal Trial

The Legacy of Roman Law in the German Romantic Era: Historical Vision and Legal Change

The Origins of Reasonable Doubt: Theological Roots of the Criminal Trial (Yale Law Library Series in Legal History and Reference)

To be convicted of a crime in the United States, a person must be proven guilty “beyond a reasonable doubt.” But what is reasonable doubt? Even sophisticated legal experts find this fundamental doctrine difficult to explain. In this accessible book, James Q. Whitman digs deep into the history of the...

Harsh Justice: Criminal Punishment and the Widening Divide between America and Europe

Criminal punishment in America is harsh and degrading--more so than anywhere else in the liberal west. Executions and long prison terms are commonplace in America. Countries like France and Germany, by contrast, are systematically mild. European offenders are rarely sent to prison, and when they ...

The Verdict of Battle: The Law of Victory and the Making of Modern War

Today, war is considered a last resort for resolving disagreements. But a day of staged slaughter on the battlefield was once seen as a legitimate means of settling political disputes. James Whitman argues that pitched battle was essentially a trial with a lawful verdict. And when this contained for...

Behold the Man! (Companion Study Textbook) (Discovering our Hebrew Lord, the Historical Jesus of Nazareth)

Study textbook/workbook to support the visual curriculum by Dwight A. Pryor. From the preface: "In this Companion Study Textbook we will examine many intriguing aspects of the life and legacy of the Jew, Jesus of Nazareth--the historical man and gifted rabbi who became the risen King. You will note...

James Whitman

James Q. Whitman is an American lawyer, and Ford Foundation Professor of Comparative and Foreign Law, at Yale University. He graduated from Yale University