Law and Rise of Capitalism

Tigar, Michael

ISBN 10: 0853454116 / ISBN 13: 9780853454113

Editore: Monthly Review Press, 1977

Light general wear. May have light notes/highlighting. shelf wear. bumped edges. worn dj Hardcover. Codice articolo FD4-03029

Riassunto:

Originally published in 1977 and translated into Spanish, Portugese, Greek, and Chinese, Law and the Rise of Capitalism examines the role of law and lawyers in the European bourgeoisie's conquest of power. From the scattered urban uprisings of the eleventh century to the English and French revolutions, Michael Tigar traces this history using charters, letters, statutes, and other primary sources.Against a backdrop of seven hundred years of bourgeois struggle, Tigar weaves a Marxist theory of law and jurisprudence based upon the Western experience. Contradicting R.H. Tawney and Max Weber, he shows that the legal theory of the insurgent bourgeoisie predated the Protestant Reformation and was a major ideological ingredient of the bourgeois revolution and also helps explain today's revolutionary movements. In a compelling new introduction, Tigar discusses the struggle for human rights in the historical context of the past two decades, drawing on his own experiences as a fighter for democratic rights in the United States, Europe and South Africa.

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Titolo: Law and Rise of Capitalism
Casa editrice: Monthly Review Press
Data di pubblicazione: 1977
Legatura: Rilegato
Condizione: Good
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