Authors: Henry Sumner Maine
ISBN-13: 9781406751819, ISBN-10: 1406751812
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Maine Press
Date Published: March 2007
Edition: (Non-applicable)
In this reprint of the 1866 edition, legal historian Maine examines the evolution of the law, from the ancient to the modern world. His focus is on the gradual change from status-based societies, in which individuals were bound to traditional groups, to modern contract- based societies, in which autonomous individuals are free to make contracts and form associations with whomever they choose. The volume contains a new introduction by Dante J. Scala (politics, Saint Anselm College).
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Introduction to the Transaction Edition | ||
Preface to the First Edition | ||
Preface to the Third Edition | ||
I | Ancient Codes | 1 |
II | Legal Fictions | 21 |
III | Law of Nature and Equity | 44 |
IV | The Modern History of the Law of Nature | 73 |
V | Primitive Society and Ancient Law | 113 |
VI | The Early History of Testamentary Succession | 171 |
VII | Ancient and Modern Ideas Respecting Wills and Successions | 215 |
VIII | The Early History of Property | 244 |
IX | The Early History of Contract | 304 |
X | The Early History of Delict and Crime | 367 |