{"title":"James Q. Whitman","description":"\u003cp\u003eJames Q. Whitman’s works delve into the intricate intersections of law, history, and society, offering thought-provoking analyses that challenge conventional perspectives. Readers can explore themes such as legal reasoning, justice systems, and the historical foundations of modern jurisprudence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a focus on education and reference, Whitman’s books invite critical reflection on the principles underlying legal doctrines and their cultural implications. His writing is suited for those seeking a deeper understanding of the law’s evolution and its role within broader social contexts.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"hitlers-american-model-by-james-q-whitman-9780691172422","title":"Hitler's American Model","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHow 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eHitler's American Model\u003c\/em\u003e, James Whitman presents a detailed investigation of the American impact on the notorious Nuremberg Laws, the centrepiece 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, Whitman demonstrates that the Nazis took a real, sustained, significant, and revealing interest in American race policies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs Whitman shows, the Nuremberg Laws were crafted in an atmosphere of considerable attention to the precedents American race laws had to offer. German praise for American practices, already found in Hitler's \u003cem\u003eMein Kampf\u003c\/em\u003e, was continuous throughout the early 1930s, and the most radical Nazi lawyers were eager advocates of the use of American models. But while Jim Crow segregation was one aspect of American law that appealed to Nazi radicals, it was not the most consequential one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRather, both American citizenship and antimiscegenation laws proved directly relevant to the two principal Nuremberg Laws—the Citizenship Law and the Blood Law. Whitman looks at the ultimate, ugly irony that when Nazis rejected American practices, it was sometimes not because they found them too enlightened, but too harsh.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIndelibly linking American race laws to the shaping of Nazi policies in Germany, \u003cem\u003eHitler's American Model\u003c\/em\u003e upends understandings of America's influence on racist practices in the wider world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47596586631404,"sku":"9780691172422","price":105.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/54880123afe3674578896682b01f8388.jpg?v=1777941031"},{"product_id":"the-origins-of-reasonable-doubt-by-james-q-whitman-9780300219906","title":"The Origins of Reasonable Doubt","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo 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 the law and discovers that we have lost sight of the original purpose of \u003ci\u003ereasonable doubt\u003c\/i\u003e. It was not originally a legal rule at all, he shows, but a theological one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe rule as we understand it today is intended to protect the accused. But Whitman traces its history back through centuries of Christian theology and common-law history to reveal that the original concern was to protect the souls of \u003ci\u003ejurors\u003c\/i\u003e. In Christian tradition, a person who experienced doubt yet convicted an innocent defendant was guilty of a mortal sin. Jurors fearful for their own souls were reassured that they were safe, as long as their doubts were not \"reasonable.\" Today, the old rule of reasonable doubt survives, but it has been turned to different purposes. The result is confusion for jurors and a serious moral challenge for our system of justice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47600022028524,"sku":"9780300219906","price":59.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/eccd720ad18f5c732b99d467fa5dd355.jpg?v=1778021414"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/james-q-whitman.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}