Law and the Rise of Capitalism

Michael Tigar; Madeleine Levy

ISBN 10: 0853454779 / ISBN 13: 9780853454779

Published by Monthly Review Press, 1978

Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0853454779I5N00

Synopsis:

Against a backdrop of seven hundred years of bourgeois struggle, eminent lawyer and educator, Michael E. Tigar, develops a Marxist theory of law and jurisprudence based upon the Western experience. This well-researched and documented study traces the role of law and lawyers in the European bourgeoisies's conquest of power and in the process complements the analyses of such major figures as R.H. tawney and Max Weber. Using a wide frange of primary sources, Tigar demonstrates that the legal theory of insurgent bourgeoisie predated the Protestant Reformation and was a major ideological ingredient of the bourgeois revolution.

About the Author:

MICHAEL E. TIGAR is Edwin A. Mooers Scholar and Professor of Law at Washington College of Law, American University. His individual clients have included Angela Davis, H. Rap Brown, the Seattle 7, the Chicago 8, Fernando Chavez, Rosalio Munoz, Major Debra Meeks, Allen Ginsberg, Terry Lynn Nichols and Francisco Martinez.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Law and the Rise of Capitalism
Publisher: Monthly Review Press
Publication Date: 1978
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Fair
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket