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LAW AND THE RISE
OF CAPITALISM
by
Michael E. Tigar
“A thought-provoking
interpretation of the role of legal ideology in the bourgeoisie’s
ascendance to state power.” — HARVARD LAW
REVIEW
“Provides a
realistic basis for understanding our history and the role of the law in the
United States.” — UNIVERSITY OF
PENNSYLVANIA LAW REVIEW
“This pioneering
book asks brave questions. . . . Tigar has performed a valuable service in
opening up for discussion this area of social and intellectual
history.” — CHRISTOPHER HILL, THE NEW STATESMAN
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
bourgeoisie's conquest of power-the first such history in the English
language-and in the process, contradicts the analyses of such major figures as
R.H. Tawney and Max Weber. Using a wide range of primary sources, Tigar
demonstrates that the legal theory of the insurgent bourgeoisie predated the
Protestant Reformation and was a major ideological ingredient of the bourgeois
revolution.
Originally published in 1977, Law and the Rise of Capitalism has been
translated into several languages to international acclaim. Tigarµs new
introduction and extended Afterword discuss the struggle for human rights over
the past two decades and shed light on the challenges facing today's social
movements. Tigar draws on his own experiences as a fighter for democratic
rights in the United States, Europe and South Africa, while adding new
historical insights to human rights issues in the United States including the
plight of political prisoners and the death penalty.
About the Author
MICHAEL E.
TIGAR is Edwin A. Mooers Scholar and Professor of Law at Washington
College of Law, American University. Until 1998, he held the Joseph D. Jamail
Chair in Law at the University of Texas School of Law. Mr. Tigar has argued
appeals in almost every U.S. Court of Appeals and in the U.S. Supreme Court.
His individual clients have included Angela Davis, H. Rap Brown, the Seattle
Seven, the Chicago Eight, Fernando Chavez, Rosalio Munoz, Major Debra Meeks,
Allen Ginsberg, and Francisco Martinez. Tigar recently represented Terry Lynn
Nichols in the Oklahoma City bombing case.
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