James Q. Whitman

2.7k total citations
50 papers, 952 citations indexed

About

James Q. Whitman is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Law and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, James Q. Whitman has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 952 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 20 papers in Law and 13 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in James Q. Whitman's work include Conflict of Laws and Jurisdiction (8 papers), European and International Contract Law (7 papers) and Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (7 papers). James Q. Whitman is often cited by papers focused on Conflict of Laws and Jurisdiction (8 papers), European and International Contract Law (7 papers) and Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (7 papers). James Q. Whitman collaborates with scholars based in United States and France. James Q. Whitman's co-authors include Pierre Legrand, David Nelken, Bernhard Großfeld, Lawrence Rosen, H. Patrick Glenn, David P. Kennedy, Roderick Munday, Roger Cotterrell, Michele Graziadei and Esin Örῡcü and has published in prestigious journals such as The American Historical Review, The Yale Law Journal and Stanford Law Review.

In The Last Decade

James Q. Whitman

43 papers receiving 749 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
James Q. Whitman United States 14 538 344 313 95 77 50 952
Erik Bleich United States 19 967 1.8× 536 1.6× 80 0.3× 58 0.6× 23 0.3× 58 1.3k
Robert M. Cover United States 12 447 0.8× 369 1.1× 436 1.4× 33 0.3× 83 1.1× 29 993
Carrie Menkel‐Meadow United States 14 330 0.6× 187 0.5× 406 1.3× 41 0.4× 112 1.5× 125 933
Margaret Thornton Australia 15 262 0.5× 198 0.6× 403 1.3× 25 0.3× 48 0.6× 96 956
Francis Canavan United States 9 252 0.5× 325 0.9× 197 0.6× 17 0.2× 116 1.5× 25 749
Sanford Levinson United States 15 410 0.8× 485 1.4× 375 1.2× 21 0.2× 166 2.2× 143 1.0k
Brian Leiter United States 23 272 0.5× 412 1.2× 583 1.9× 38 0.4× 289 3.8× 147 1.5k
Charles Crabtree United States 16 603 1.1× 308 0.9× 75 0.2× 25 0.3× 70 0.9× 72 850
Robert S. Summers United States 12 176 0.3× 258 0.8× 309 1.0× 28 0.3× 111 1.4× 59 736
Nancy L. Rosenblum United States 17 612 1.1× 667 1.9× 75 0.2× 9 0.1× 37 0.5× 55 1.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by James Q. Whitman

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James Q. Whitman

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Whitman, James Q.. (2017). The Origins of Reasonable Doubt. Yale University Press eBooks. 7 indexed citations
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Whitman, James Q.. (2017). Hitler's American Model. Princeton University Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Whitman, James Q.. (2017). The Hunt for Truth in Comparative Law†. The American Journal of Comparative Law. 65(suppl_1). 181–190. 1 indexed citations
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Whitman, James Q.. (2014). The Case for Penal Modernism: Beyond Utility and Desert. 1(2). 3 indexed citations
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Whitman, James Q.. (2009). Western Legal Imperialism: Thinking About the Deep Historical Roots. Theoretical Inquiries in Law. 10(2). 305–332. 8 indexed citations
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Whitman, James Q.. (2008). Separating Church and State: The Atlantic Divide. 34(3). 8 indexed citations
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Whitman, James Q.. (2007). Consumerism versus Producerism: A Study in Comparative Law. The Yale Law Journal. 117(3). 340–340. 31 indexed citations
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Whitman, James Q.. (2006). Harsh Justice. Criminal Punishment and the Widening Divide Between America and Europe (Günther Kaiser). Monatsschrift für Kriminologie und Strafrechtsreform. 89(2). 152–156. 2 indexed citations
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Whitman, James Q.. (2005). Response to Garland. Punishment & Society. 7(4). 389–396. 5 indexed citations
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Whitman, James Q.. (2005). 6. Harsh Justice: Criminal Punishment and the Widening Divide Between America and Europe. Oxford University Press eBooks. 71–83. 253 indexed citations
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Whitman, James Q.. (2005). The Comparative Study of Criminal Punishment. Annual Review of Law and Social Science. 1(1). 17–34. 13 indexed citations
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Whitman, James Q.. (2004). Between Self-Defense and Vengeance/Between Social Contract and Monopoly of Violence. Tulsa law journal. 39(4). 901–924.
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Whitman, James Q.. (2003). A Plea Against Retributivism. 7(1). 85–107. 8 indexed citations
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Whitman, James Q.. (1996). At the Origins of Law and the State: Monopolization of Violence, Mutilation of Bodies, or Fixing of Prices?. 1 indexed citations
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Whitman, James Q.. (1995). From Cause Célèbre to Revolution. Yale journal of law & the humanities. 7(2). 8. 1 indexed citations
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Whitman, James Q.. (1995). At the Origins of Law and the State: Supervision of Violence, Mutilationof Bodies, or Setting of Prices. Chicago-Kent law review. 71(1). 41. 3 indexed citations
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Whitman, James Q.. (1994). The Seigneurs Descend to the Rank of Creditors: The Abolition of Respect, 1790. Yale journal of law & the humanities. 6(2). 6. 1 indexed citations
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Whitman, James Q.. (1991). Of Corporatism, Fascism, and the First New Deal. The American Journal of Comparative Law. 39(4). 747–747. 10 indexed citations
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Reimann, Mathias & James Q. Whitman. (1991). Roman Law as a Political Agenda. Michigan Law Review. 89(6). 1679–1679. 2 indexed citations

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