John Fabian Witt is the Allen H. Duffy Class of 1960 Professor of Law at Yale Law School, a professor in the Yale history department, and a Guggenheim Foundation fellow. His work has appeared in The New York Times, Slate, the Harvard Law Review, and the Yale Law Journal, among other publications. Witt is the author of The Accidental Republic, which was awarded book prizes by the Harvard Press Board of Syndics, the American Society for Legal History, and the Law and Society Association.
Pulitzer Prize Finalist
Bancroft Prize Winner
ABA Silver Gavel Award Winner
A New York Times Notable Book of the Year
In the closing days of 1862, just three weeks before Emancipation, the administration of Abraham Lincoln commissioned a code setting forth the laws of war for US armies. It announced standards of conduct in wartime—concerning torture, prisoners of war, civilians, spies, and slaves—that shaped the course of the Civil War. By the twentieth century, Lincoln’s code would be incorporated into the Geneva Conventions and form the basis of a new international law of war.
In this deeply original book, John Fabian Witt tells the fascinating history of the laws of war and its eminent cast of characters—Washington, Jefferson, Franklin, Madison, and Lincoln—as they crafted the articles that would change the course of world history. Witt’s engrossing exploration of the dilemmas at the heart of the laws of war is a prehistory of our own era. Lincoln’s Code reveals that the heated controversies of twenty-first-century warfare have roots going back to the beginnings of American history. It is a compelling story of ideals under pressure and a landmark contribution to our understanding of the American experience.
枪炮面前法律有声——评维特《林肯守则:美国战争法史》 文/北风来袭 法学是显学,但这门显学里却也有几个冷门。比如法史,尤其是外法史,外国战争法史更是如此,甚至还不如法律思想史读着有趣。这有着种种因素,如对于某国的历史不太熟悉,更不容易对于法制史的细节有所了解。...
評分枪炮面前法律有声——评维特《林肯守则:美国战争法史》 文/北风来袭 法学是显学,但这门显学里却也有几个冷门。比如法史,尤其是外法史,外国战争法史更是如此,甚至还不如法律思想史读着有趣。这有着种种因素,如对于某国的历史不太熟悉,更不容易对于法制史的细节有所了解。...
評分枪炮面前法律有声——评维特《林肯守则:美国战争法史》 文/北风来袭 法学是显学,但这门显学里却也有几个冷门。比如法史,尤其是外法史,外国战争法史更是如此,甚至还不如法律思想史读着有趣。这有着种种因素,如对于某国的历史不太熟悉,更不容易对于法制史的细节有所了解。...
評分枪炮面前法律有声——评维特《林肯守则:美国战争法史》 文/北风来袭 法学是显学,但这门显学里却也有几个冷门。比如法史,尤其是外法史,外国战争法史更是如此,甚至还不如法律思想史读着有趣。这有着种种因素,如对于某国的历史不太熟悉,更不容易对于法制史的细节有所了解。...
評分枪炮面前法律有声——评维特《林肯守则:美国战争法史》 文/北风来袭 法学是显学,但这门显学里却也有几个冷门。比如法史,尤其是外法史,外国战争法史更是如此,甚至还不如法律思想史读着有趣。这有着种种因素,如对于某国的历史不太熟悉,更不容易对于法制史的细节有所了解。...
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