Law and Revolution, II

Berman’s masterwork narrates the interaction of evolution and revolution in the development of Western law. This volume 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.

A unique contribution to the history of the Western legal tradition. Harold Berman is a master at integrating detail with larger themes, presenting the material in a way that the point is never lost. A great deal will be almost entirely new to English-speaking readers. The treatment of the development of jurisprudence within Protestant Germany is especially valuable. The role of 'revolutions' in shaping but still preserving the essence of the Western legal tradition is one that Berman has made his own. This is a substantial achievement. -- R. H. Helmholz, University of Chicago Law School A wonderfully stimulating work that highlights a very important aspect of the development of European law that has so far been largely neglected. Well written and lucidly presented, it maintains a good balance between the general and the specific, and is based throughout on original research of sources that are neither easily accessible nor easy to interpret. With this book, Harold Berman offers another distinguished contribution to legal scholarship. -- Reinhard Zimmerman, Max Planck Institute, Hamburg

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