James Whitman
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.