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

The origins of reasonable doubt theological roots of the criminal trial

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,...

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1. Verfasser: Whitman, James Q. (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: New Haven, London Yale University Press 2008
Schriftenreihe:Yale law library series in legal history and reference
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Burden of proof > Moral and ethical aspects > Evidence, Criminal > History > Judgments, Criminal > Religion and law > Europa > In dubio pro reo > Theologie > Strafverfahren > Geschichte > Recht
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Zusammenfassung: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.
Beschreibung:ix, 276 Seiten
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ISBN:9780300116007
978-0-300-11600-7