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Hitler's American Model
The United States and the Making of Nazi Race Law
Häftad, 2018
124 kr
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How American race law provided a blueprint for Nazi GermanyNazism triumphed in Germany during the high era of Jim Crow laws in the United States. Did the American regime of racial oppression in any way inspire the Nazis? The unsettling answer is yes. In Hitler’s American Model, James Whitman …
Harsh Justice
Criminal Punishment and the Widening Divide between America and Europe
Häftad, 2005
703 kr
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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 …
Harsh Justice
Criminal Punishment and the Widening Divide between America and Europe
E-bok, 2005
366 kr
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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 …
Harsh Justice
Criminal Punishment and the Widening Divide between America and Europe
E-bok, 2003
450 kr
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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 …
Origins of Reasonable Doubt
Theological Roots of the Criminal Trial
Häftad, 2016
254 kr
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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 …
Verdict of Battle
The Law of Victory and the Making of Modern War
Häftad, 2014
289 kr
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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 …
Hitler's American Model
The United States and the Making of Nazi Race Law
Inbunden, 2017
258 kr
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How American race law provided a blueprint for Nazi Germany Nazism triumphed in Germany during the high era of Jim Crow laws in the United States. Did the American regime of racial oppression in any way inspire the Nazis? The unsettling answer is yes. In Hitler's American Model, James Whitman …
Legacy of Roman Law in the German Romantic Era
Historical Vision and Legal Change
Häftad, 2014
455 kr
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Well after the process of codification had begun elsewhere in nineteenth-century Europe, ancient Roman law remained in use in Germany, expounded by brilliant scholars and applied in both urban and rural courts. The survival of this flourishing Roman legal culture into the industrial era is a …
Legacy of Roman Law in the German Romantic Era
Historical Vision and Legal Change
Inbunden, 2016
1843 kr
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Well after the process of codification had begun elsewhere in nineteenth-century Europe, ancient Roman law remained in use in Germany, expounded by brilliant scholars and applied in both urban and rural courts. The survival of this flourishing Roman legal culture into the industrial era is a …
From Masters of Slaves to Lords of Lands
The Transformation of Ownership in the Western World
E-bok, 2025
514 kr
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From Masters of Slaves to Lords of Lands
The Transformation of Ownership in the Western World
Inbunden, 2025
388 kr
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Today we think of land as the paradigmatic example of property, while in the past, the paradigmatic example was often a slave. In this seminal work, James Q. Whitman asserts that there is no natural form of ownership. Whitman dives deep into the long Western history of this transformation in the …
From Masters of Slaves to Lords of Lands
The Transformation of Ownership in the Western World
E-bok, 2025
525 kr
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Legacy of Roman Law in the German Romantic Era
Historical Vision and Legal Change
E-bok, 2014
690 kr
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Well after the process of codification had begun elsewhere in nineteenth-century Europe, ancient Roman law remained in use in Germany, expounded by brilliant scholars and applied in both urban and rural courts. The survival of this flourishing Roman legal culture into the industrial era is a …
Hitler's American Model
The United States and the Making of Nazi Race Law
E-bok, 2017
186 kr
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How American race law provided a blueprint for Nazi Germany Nazism triumphed in Germany during the high era of Jim Crow laws in the United States. Did the American regime of racial oppression in any way inspire the Nazis? The unsettling answer is yes. In Hitler''s American Model , James Whitman …
