Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation

Auteur(s) : Whitman, James Q. (1957-....). Auteur du texte  Voir les notices liées en tant qu'auteur

Titre(s) : The origins of reasonable doubt [Texte imprimé] : theological roots of the criminal trial / James Q. Whitman

Publication : New Haven : Yale University Press, cop. 2008

Description matérielle : 1 vol (IX-276 p.) : ill. ; 25 cm

Collection : Yale Law Library series in legal history and reference

Lien à la collection : Yale Law Library series in legal history and reference  Voir toutes les notices liées

Comprend : 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.

Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references p. 215-269 and index
"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 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." "The 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 jurors. 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."--Jacket

Sujet(s) : Fardeau de la preuve -- Aspect moral -- Europe -- Histoire  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Preuve (droit pénal) -- Europe -- Histoire  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Jugements criminels -- Europe -- Histoire  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Religion et droit -- Europe -- Histoire  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet

Indice(s) Dewey :  345.406 09 (23e éd.) = Preuve (droit pénal) - Europe - Histoire  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet

Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780300116007. - ISBN 0300116004 (rel.)

Identifiant de la notice  : ark:/12148/cb45086702w

Notice n° :  FRBNF45086702 (notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)