Law and revolution : the formation of the Western legal tradition

Law and revolution : the formation of the Western legal tradition

Law and revolution : the formation of the Western legal tradition

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Edition Details

  • Creator or Attribution (Responsibility): Harold Joseph Berman
  • Language: English
  • Jurisdiction(s): Massachusetts
  • Publication Information: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1983
  • Publication Type (Medium): History
  • Type: Book
  • Permalink: http://books.lawlegal.eu/law-and-revolution-the-formation-of-the-western-legal-tradition/ (Stable identifier)

Additional Format

Online version: Berman, Harold J. (Harold Joseph), 1918-2007. Law and revolution. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1983 (OCoLC)657301887

Short Description

XIII, 657 pages : maps ; 24 cm

Purpose and Intended Audience

Useful for students learning an area of law, Law and revolution : the formation of the Western legal tradition is also useful for lawyers seeking to apply the law to issues arising in practice.

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Bibliographic information

  • Publisher: Harvard University Press
  • Responsable Person: Harold J. Berman.
  • Publication Date: 1983
  • Country/State: Massachusetts
  • Number of Editions: 30 editions
  • First edition Date: 1983
  • Last edition Date: 1999
  • Languages: English
  • Library of Congress Code: KJ147
  • Dewey Code: 340.09
  • ISBN: 0674517741 9780674517745 0674517768 9780674517769
  • OCLC: 8827871

Main Contents

Introduction. Law and history
Law and revolution
The crisis of the Western legal tradition
Toward a social theory of law
pt. 1. The papal revolution and the canon law. The background of the Western legal tradition : the folk-law
The origin of the Western legal tradition in the papal revolution
The origin of Western legal science in the European universities
Theological sources of the Western legal tradition
Canon law : the first modern Western legal system
Structural elements of the system of canon law
Becket versus Henry II : the competition of concurrent jurisdictions
pt. 2. The formation of secular legal systems. The concept of secular law
Feudal law
Manorial law
Mercantile law
Urban law
Royal law : Sicily, England, Normandy, France
Royal law : Germany, Spain, Flanders, Hungary, Denmark
Conclusion.

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