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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 have neglected the religious foundations of Western legal systems, and standard social theory, which has paid insufficient attention to the communitarian dimensions of early modern economic law, including corporation law and social welfare.Clearly written and cogently argued, this long-awaited, magisterial work is a major contribution to an understanding of the relationship of law to Western belief systems.

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.Written simply and dramatically, carrying a wealth of detail for the scholar but also a fascinating story for the layman, the book grapples with wide-ranging questions of our heritage and our future. One of its main themes is the interaction between the Western belief in legal evolution and the periodic outbreak of apocalyptic revolutionary upheavals.Berman challenges conventional nationalist approaches to legal history, which have neglected the common foundations of all Western legal systems. He also questions conventional social theory, which has paid insufficient attention to the origin of modern Western legal systems and has therefore misjudged the nature of the crisis of the legal tradition in the twentieth century.

""The Trial of the U2"" is a detailed and authorized account of the court proceedings of the case of Francis Gary Powers, an American pilot who was shot down while flying a U2 spy plane over the Soviet Union during the Cold War. The book, written by Harold J. Berman, provides a comprehensive overview of the trial, which took place in Moscow in 1960, and the events leading up to it.Berman, a legal scholar and expert in Soviet law, draws on extensive research and interviews with key players in the trial to provide a detailed and insightful analysis of the proceedings. He examines the legal arguments made by both the prosecution and defense, as well as the political and diplomatic implications of the case.The book also delves into the broader context of the Cold War and the tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union, providing readers with a deeper understanding of the historical significance of the trial. Overall, ""The Trial of the U2"" is a fascinating and informative account of a pivotal moment in Cold War history.Heard Before The Military Division Of The Supreme Court Of The U.S.S.R. Moscow, August 17-19, 1960.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.