James Whitman
James Whitman | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Professor, writer |
| Relatives | Martin J. Whitman (father) Barbara Whitman (sister) |
| Awards | Guggenheim Fellow |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Yale University (BA, JD) Columbia University (MA) University of Chicago (PhD) |
| Thesis | Rule of Roman Law in Romantic Germany, 1790–1860 (1987) |
| Doctoral advisor | Arnaldo Momigliano |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Law |
| Sub-discipline | Comparative Law, Comparative Legal History |
| Institutions | Stanford University, Yale University |
| Main interests | Legal history |
James Q. Whitman is an American lawyer and Ford Foundation Professor of Comparative and Foreign Law at Yale University.[1]
Biography
Whitman is the son of investor and philanthropist Martin J. Whitman.[2] He also has a sister, Tony Award-winning producer Barbara Whitman.[2][3]
He graduated from Yale University with a BA in 1980 and a JD in 1988, from Columbia University with a MA in 1982, and from the University of Chicago with a PhD in 1987. He was a Guggenheim Fellow.[4][5] In 2015, he was awarded a doctorate honoris causa by the KU Leuven (Catholic University of Leuven)
Whitman's 2017 book, Hitler's American Model: The United States and the Making of Nazi Race Law, received critical acclaim.[6][7]
In 2017, he was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AASS).[8]
Works
- The Verdict of Battle: The Law of Victory and the Making of Modern War. Harvard University Press. 2012. ISBN 978-0-674-06714-1.
- The Origins of Reasonable Doubt: Theological Roots of the Criminal Trial. Yale University Press. 2008. ISBN 978-0-300-11600-7.
- Harsh Justice: Criminal Punishment and the Widening Divide Between America and Europe. Oxford University Press. 2005. ISBN 978-0-19-518260-6.
- "The Two Western Cultures of Privacy: Dignity versus Liberty", Yale Law Journal, Vol. 113, April 2004
- The Legacy of Roman Law in the German Romantic Era: Historical Vision and Legal Change, Princeton University Press, 1990, ISBN 978-0-691-05560-2
- Hitler’s American Model: The United States and the Making of Nazi Race Law. Princeton University Press, 2017.[9] ISBN 978-0691172422
- Why the Nazis studied American race laws for inspiration. Aeon, 13 December 2016
References
- ^ James Q. Whitman Page. Yale Law School website.
- ^ a b "MARTIN WHITMAN Obituary (2018) New York Times". Legacy.com. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
- ^ "Syracuse University Celebrates Life of Honorary Trustee Martin J. Whitman '49, H'08 | Syracuse University News". 2018-04-17. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
- ^ James Q. Whitman Page. John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Website.
- ^ Professors James Whitman '88 and John Witt '99 Win Guggenheim Fellowships. April 19, 2010.
- ^ McLemee, Scott (March 8, 2017). "Taking on the Alt-Reich". Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved 2017-05-21.
- ^ Guo, Jeff (May 19, 2017). "The Nazis as students of America's worst racial atrocities". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2017-05-21.
- ^ "Five professors elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences". Yale News. 11 April 2017. Retrieved 2017-04-18.
- ^ Ira Katznelson (3 October 2017). "What America Taught the Nazis; In the 1930s, the Germans were fascinated by the global leader in codified racism—the United States". Theatlantic.com. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
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