{"product_id":"law-and-revolution-i-the-formation-of-the-western-legal-tradition-9780674517769","title":"Law and Revolution I  The Formation of the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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 developed over generations and centuries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA magnificent volume, broad in scope and rich in detail; this may be the most important book on law in our generation. * American Political Science Review *\u003cbr\u003eSuperb… A \u003ci\u003etour de force\u003c\/i\u003e of insight and erudition. The principal text divides into two parts, the first dealing with the papal revolution and its distinctive legal system of canon law and the second describing the emergence of secular legalism through its roots in feudal, manorial, mercantile, urban, and royal systems… A magnificent topping-off to the conventional [law school] curriculum. * The Benchmark *\u003cbr\u003eThis is a book of the first importance. Every lawyer should read it… Clearly written and well-organized, it is a work of immense scholarship. * Los Angeles Daily Journal *\u003cbr\u003eBy demonstrating the revolutionary character of the papal reformation, Berman upsets periodizations commonly accepted by Church historians, positivists, Marxist historians, and historians of the law… \u003ci\u003eLaw and Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e is itself a revolutionary book in obliging the practitioners of many university disciplines to readjust their focus and to see in law a revolutionary cultural force. -- George H. Williams\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction    Law and History   Law and Revolution   The Crisis of the Western Legal Tradition   Toward a Social Theory of Law    PART I: THE PAPAL REVOLUTION AND THE CANON LAW   1. The Background of the Western Legal Tradition: The Folklaw   Tribal Law   Dynamic Elements in Germanic Law: Christianity and Kingship   Penitential Law and Its Relation to the Folklaw   2. The Origin of the Western Legal Tradition in the Papal Revolution   Church and Empire: The Cluniac Reform   The Dictates of the Pope   The Revolutionary Character of the Papal Revolution   Social-Psychological Causes and Consequences of the Papal Revolution   The Rise of the Modern State   The Rise of Modern Legal Systems   3.","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48735971869015,"sku":"9780674517769","price":30.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780674517769.jpg?v=1723810420","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/law-and-revolution-i-the-formation-of-the-western-legal-tradition-9780674517769","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}