读者不要因为哈罗德·J·勃曼著作的名称《法律和革命》而对其产生误解,该书的副标题“西方法律传统的形成”更准确地概括了这部著作的内容。勃曼的论点是:从十二世纪到十三世纪,在对待法律和法律组织问题上,明显地出现了“西方的”态度。而且,这些法律组织以一种特定的“西方的”方式履行职能,所谓“西方的”这个术语,并不是一个纯粹的地理概念,而是一个文化概念。虽然它主要是来自欧洲中心论传统,但是,它已经完全为美国所吸收,还扩大到俄国,并且正在为日本所采纳。实际上,所谓西方的态度,不过是一种与资本主义经济秩序紧密相连的传统。勃曼集中探讨了这种法律文化的起源,他认为这种法 Readers should not misunderstand the name “law and revolution” by Harold J. Boman, whose subheading “The Formation of the Western Legal Tradition” more accurately summarizes the content of this work. Boman’s argument is: From the 12th century to the 13th century, the “Western” attitude clearly appeared in the treatment of laws and legal organizations. Moreover, these legal organizations perform their functions in a specific “Western” way. The term “Western” is not a purely geographical concept but a cultural concept. Although it is mainly derived from the Eurocentric tradition, it has been absorbed entirely by the United States, expanded to Russia, and is being adopted by Japan. In fact, the so-called attitude of the West is nothing more than a tradition that is closely linked with the capitalist economic order. Boman focused on the origins of this legal culture, which he considers