Berman, Harold J.  1918-2007 <br/><br/>
Law and revolution :  the formation of the Western legal tradition / 
Harold J. Berman 
 - xiii, 657 pages :  maps ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/> Include index 
<br/><br/> 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 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0674517741 9780674517745 0674517768 9780674517769 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Law--History<br/>Derecho--Historia
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>K150  / .B47 1983 KJ147  / .B47 1983 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>340.09