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Berman, Harold J.

Law and revolution, II : the impact of the Protestant Reformations on the western legal tradition / Harold J. Berman. - Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, c2003. - xii, 522 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [385]-510) and index.

CONTENTS

Preface (ix)
Introduction (1)
I
THE GERMAN REVOLUTION AND TRANSFORMATION OF GERMAN LAW IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY

1. The reformation of the church and state,
1517-1555 (29)
2. Lutheran legal philosophy (71)
3. The transformation of German legal science (100)
4. The transformation of German criminal law (131)
5. The transformation of German civil and
economic law (156)
6. The transformation of German social law (176)
II
THE ENGLISH REVOLUTION AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF ENGLISH LAW IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY

7. The English revolution, 1640-1689 (199)
8. The transformation of English legal philosophy (231)
9. The transformation of English legal science (270)
10. The transformation of English criminal law (306)
11. The transformation of English civil and economic law (330)
12. The transformation of English social law. (349)

Conclusion (373)
Notes (385)
Acknowledgments (511)
Index (513)


ISBN: 0674011953

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Law--History.--Europe
Reformation--Influence.
Christianity and law--History.

Dewey Class. No.: 349.409 / BER