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Authors: Henry Sumner Maine
ISBN-13: 9781595475206, ISBN-10: 1595475206
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: NuVision Publications
Date Published: May 2009
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Henry Sumner Maine

Book Synopsis

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