Whitman, James Q.,  1957- <br/><br/>
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 .
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780300116007 (cloth : alk. paper) 0300116004 (cloth : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2007033384 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Burden of proof--Moral and ethical aspects--History--Europe<br/>Evidence, Criminal--History--Europe<br/>Judgments, Criminal--History--Europe<br/>Religion and law--History--Europe
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>KJC9601  / .W45 2008