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John David Bessler (born October 23, 1967) is an American attorney and academic. He is a professor of law at the University of Baltimore School of Law and an adjunct professor at the Georgetown University Law Center. He is the husband of U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar.
17 de may. de 2024 · John Bessler is a scholar and teacher of law, with expertise in administrative law, capital punishment, human rights, and legal writing. He has written or edited twelve books, including award-winning works on the history and abolition of the death penalty and the influence of the Italian Enlightenment on American law.
18 de oct. de 2017 · In this engaging and thoroughly researched and referenced monograph, Professor John Bessler addresses this incongruity by arguing that the death penalty should be construed as an act of torture, and thus universally outlawed.
30 de mar. de 2020 · Professor, lawyer, and author John Bessler has been married to Senator Amy Klobuchar since 1993. As Klobuchar launches her 2020 presidential campaign, here's what you need to know about her...
4 de may. de 2023 · John Bessler. Professor of Law, University of Baltimore School of Law. Posted. 4 May 2023. Time to read. 6 Minutes. Executions used to be the standard, or usual, punishment for a wide variety of offenses. If one examines ancient laws, the death penalty was the customary punishment for many crimes, from the most heinous to the relatively minor.
8 de ago. de 2019 · John D. Bessler is a law professor at the University of Baltimore School of Law and an adjunct professor at Georgetown Law. He is an expert on capital punishment, international human rights law, and American legal history, and he has written several books and articles on these topics.
1 de dic. de 2012 · In Cruel and Unusual, his fourth book about capital punishment in America, John D. Bessler argues that a “reasonable and principled” reading of the amendment's social, political, and juridical history leads to the inescapable conclusion that capital punishment is unconstitutional.
