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Law and Revolution, II: The Impact of the Protestant Reformations on the Western Legal Tradition
Harold J. Berman
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Paperback. Explores two successive transformations of the Western legal tradition under the impact of the 16th Century German Reformation and the 17th Century English Revolution, with particular emphasis on Lutheran and Calvinist influences. This work also examines the consequences of these apocalyptic political and social upheavals. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; LA; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 160 x 32. Weight in Grams: 802.
Harold Berman's masterwork narrates the interaction of evolution and revolution in the development of Western law. This new volume explores two successive transformations of the Western legal tradition under the impact of the sixteenth-century German Reformation and the seventeenth-century English Revolution, with particular emphasis on Lutheran and Calvinist influences. Berman examines the far-reaching consequences of these apocalyptic political and social upheavals on the systems of legal philosophy, legal science, criminal law, civil and economic law, and social law in Germany and England and throughout Europe as a whole. Berman challenges both conventional approaches to legal history, which ... Read more
Harold Berman's masterwork narrates the interaction of evolution and revolution in the development of Western law. This new volume explores two successive transformations of the Western legal tradition under the impact of the sixteenth-century German Reformation and the seventeenth-century English Revolution, with particular emphasis on Lutheran and Calvinist influences. Berman examines the far-reaching consequences of these apocalyptic political and social upheavals on the systems of legal philosophy, legal science, criminal law, civil and economic law, and social law in Germany and England and throughout Europe as a whole. Berman challenges both conventional approaches to legal history, which ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Weight
802g
Number of Pages
544
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass., United States
ISBN
9780674022300
SKU
V9780674022300
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About Harold J. Berman
Harold J. Berman was Woodruff Professor of Law at Emory University and Ames Professor of Law, Emeritus, at Harvard University.
Reviews for Law and Revolution, II: The Impact of the Protestant Reformations on the Western Legal Tradition
For those interested in the ongoing debates about the social consequences of the Protestant Reformation for subsequent Western history, this book of great learning is a welcome contribution to the literature. [It] has also been a much anticipated book, coming now twenty years after Harold Berman's path-breaking first installment, Law and Revolution: The Formation of the Western Legal Tradition. In ... Read more