The origins of reasonable doubt : theological roots of the criminal trial /

"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 th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Whitman, James Q., 1957- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2008]
Colección:Yale Law Library series in legal history and reference.
Temas:
Burden of proof > Moral and ethical aspects > Europe > History.
Evidence, Criminal > Europe > History.
Judgments, Criminal > Europe > History.
Religion and law > Europe > History.
Fardeau de la preuve > Aspect moral > Europe > Histoire.
Preuve (Droit pénal) > Europe > Histoire.
Jugements criminels > Europe > Histoire.
Religion et droit > Europe > Histoire.
LAW / General.
Evidence, Criminal.
Judgments, Criminal.
Religion and law.
Recht
In dubio pro reo
Strafverfahren
Theologie
Bewijsrecht.
Strafprocesrecht.
Ethische aspecten.
Strafprocessen.
Europe.
Europa (geografie)
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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