James Q. Whitman Hitler's American model

the United States and the making of Nazi race law

"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 presents a detailed investigation of the American impact on the notorious Nuremberg Laws, the centerpiece anti-Jewish legislation of the Nazi regime. Contrary to those who have insisted that there was no meaningful connection between American and German racial repression,...

Engels | 208 pagina's | Princeton University Press, Princeton | 2017

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James Q. Whitman 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 form of battle ceased to exist, the law of victory gave way to the rule of unbridled force. The Verdict of Battle explains why the ritualized violence of the past was more effective than modern warfare in...

Engels | 323 pagina's | Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA [etc.] | 2012

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James Q. Whitman The origins of reasonable doubt

theological roots of the criminal trial

Engels | 276 pagina's | Yale University Press, New Haven [etc.] | 2008

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