The origins of reasonable doubt : theological roots of the criminal trial /
Whitman, James Q., 1957-
The origins of reasonable doubt : theological roots of the criminal trial / James Q. Whitman. - ix, 276 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm - Yale Law Library series in legal history and reference .
Of factual proof and moral comfort -- The Christian judge and the taint of blood : the theology of killing in war and law -- The decline of the judicial ordeal : from God as witness to man as witness -- Salvation for the judge, damnation for the witnesses : the continent -- Salvation for the judge, damnation for the jury : England -- The crises of the seventeenth century -- The eighteenth century : the rule emerges.
9780300116007 (cloth : alk. paper) 0300116004 (cloth : alk. paper)
2007033384
Burden of proof--Moral and ethical aspects--History--Europe
Evidence, Criminal--History--Europe
Judgments, Criminal--History--Europe
Religion and law--History--Europe
KJC9601 / .W45 2008
The origins of reasonable doubt : theological roots of the criminal trial / James Q. Whitman. - ix, 276 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm - Yale Law Library series in legal history and reference .
Of factual proof and moral comfort -- The Christian judge and the taint of blood : the theology of killing in war and law -- The decline of the judicial ordeal : from God as witness to man as witness -- Salvation for the judge, damnation for the witnesses : the continent -- Salvation for the judge, damnation for the jury : England -- The crises of the seventeenth century -- The eighteenth century : the rule emerges.
9780300116007 (cloth : alk. paper) 0300116004 (cloth : alk. paper)
2007033384
Burden of proof--Moral and ethical aspects--History--Europe
Evidence, Criminal--History--Europe
Judgments, Criminal--History--Europe
Religion and law--History--Europe
KJC9601 / .W45 2008
