James Whitman | |
|---|---|
| Occupation(s) | 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]