Harold J. Berman

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Harold Joseph Berman (born February 13, 1918 in Hartford (Connecticut) , † November 13, 2007 in New York ) was an American legal historian and legal philosopher .

Life

Berman studied at Dartmouth College , Yale University and the London School of Economics . He taught from 1948 to 1985 as a professor at Harvard University . In Germany he was mainly through his book Law and Revolution. The formation of Western legal tradition is known. In it he showed u. a. the emergence of the forerunners of modern commercial law in the course of the Commercial Revolution since the High Middle Ages.

Berman was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1997) and was awarded three honorary doctorates.

He was married and had four children.

Publications

  • Law and Revolution: The Formation of the Western Legal Tradition . Cambridge, Mass. 1983.
  • The interaction of law and religion . Nashville 1974.
  • The nature and functions of law. An introduction for students of the arts and sciences . Brooklyn 1958.
  • With Miroslav Kerner: Soviet military law and administration . Cambridge 1955.
  • Justice in Russia. An interpretation of Soviet law . Cambridge 1950.

literature

  • Thomas Vesting: Harold J. Berman (1918-2007). In: Ancilla Iuris 2008.
  • Douglas Martin: Harold J. Berman, 89, who altered beliefs about origins of Western law, dies. In: New York Times , November 18, 2007. (online)
  • Rudolf Schieffer , "The Papal Revolution in Law?" Questions to Harold Berman, in: Bulletin of Medieval Canon Law NS 22 (1998) 19–30.

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personal data
SURNAME Berman, Harold J.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Berman, Harold Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American legal historian and legal philosopher
DATE OF BIRTH February 13, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH Hartford, Connecticut
DATE OF DEATH November 13, 2007
Place of death new York