Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1984
Abstract
In his learned and informative lecture on the Puritan Revolution and English law, Professor Berman tells us that England in the seventeenth century witnessed fundamental, revolutionary change, both religious and legal; a "Puritan belief system" became dominant and the English constitution and laws were transformed. According to Professor Berman, while there have been studies of the interconnections between religious change and constitutional change, nobody has attempted to relate overall change in the legal system to change in the belief system. However, "the new law that emerged in England as a result of the upheavals of 1640 and 1689 must be seen in the light of changes in belief that took place during that period, including ... religious belief," and it is Professor Berman's aim to explore the "interconnections, interrelationships" between new legal system and new belief system.
Disciplines
Jurisprudence | Law | Legal History
Recommended Citation
Barbara A. Black,
Aspects of Puritan Jurisprudence; Comment on Berman, Revolution and Law: II The Puritan Revolution and English Law,
18
Val. U. L. Rev.
651
(1984).
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