The Origins of Reasonable Doubt: Theological Roots of the Criminal Trial
- ISBN-10
- 0300219903
- ISBN-13
- 9780300219906
- Pages
- 288
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2016-02-23
- Authors
- James Q. Whitman, Ford Foundation Professor of Comparative and Foreign Law James Q Whitman
Description
In this accessible book, James Q. Whitman digs deep into the history of the law and discovers that we have lost sight of the original purpose of "reasonable doubt." It was not originally a legal rule at all, he shows, but a theological one.
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Other editions
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- 2008-01-01
- 276 pages
- Paperback
- Yale University Press
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