Dissertations on early law and custom / Henry Sumner Maine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maine, Henry Sumner, 1822-1888.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Comparative law.

Political science.

Primitive societies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (219 p.)

Place of Publication:

Kitchener, Ont. : Batoche, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Intro

Preface

Chapter I: The Sacred Laws of the Hindus

Chapter II: Religion and Law

Chapter III: Ancestor-Worship

Chapter IV: Ancestor-Worship and Inheritance

Chapter V: Royal Succession and The Salic Law

Chapter VI: The King, in His Relation to Early Civil Justice

Chapter VII: Theories of Primitive Society

Chapter VIII: East European House Communities

Chapter IX: The Decay of Feudal Property in France and England

Chapter X: Classifications of Property

Chapter XI: Classifications of Legal Rules

Notes.

Notes:

Reprint. Originally published : New York: Henry Holt, 1886.

Includes bibliographical notes.

OCLC:

70744206