Roots of the Germanic Folklaw Ep. 96

by Patrick Macfarlane | Oct 14, 2018

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In a return to a more scholarly format of the podcast, I take a bit of a deep dive into Chapter 1 of “Law and Revolution: The Formation of the Western Legal Tradition” by Harold J. Berman. In this episode, we become acquainted with the Germanic Folklaw that existed throughout tribal Europe before the 11th and 12th centuries AD.

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“Law and Revolution: the Formation of the Western Legal Tradition” By: Harold J. Berman (Amazon Affiliate Link)

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Patrick MacFarlane is the Justin Raimondo Fellow at the Libertarian Institute where he advocates a noninterventionist foreign policy. He is a Wisconsin attorney in private practice. He is the host of the Vital Dissent at www.vitaldissent.com, where he seeks to oppose calamitous escalation in US foreign policy by exposing establishment narratives with well-researched documentary content and insightful guest interviews. His work has appeared on antiwar.com, GlobalResearch.ca, and Zerohedge. He may be reached at patrick.macfarlane@libertyweekly.net

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