Law and revolution : the formation of the Western legal tradition
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 13
9780674517769
LCCN
K 150 .B47
DDC
340
Category
United Kingdom
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Publication Year
1983
Publisher
Volume
1
Pages
xiii, 657 pages
Subject
Western legal tradition
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Abstract
"The roots of modern Western legal institutions and concepts go back nine centuries to the Papal Revolution, when the Western church established its political and legal unity and its independence from emperors, kings, and feudal lords. Out of this upheaval came the Western idea of integrated legal systems consciously developed over generations and centuries. Harold J. Berman describes the main features of these systems of law, including the canon law of the church, the royal law of the major kingdoms, the urban law of the newly emerging cities, feudal law, manorial law, and mercantile law. In the coexistence and competition of these systems he finds an important source of the Western belief in the supremacy of law." - Voila
Description
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.
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.
Biblio Notes
Includes bibliographical references (560) and index.
Donated by Graham Price.
2 volumes.
Donated by Graham Price.
2 volumes.
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1
