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Ancient Law: Its Connection with the Early History of Society and Its Relation to Modern Ideas by Henry James Sumner Maine
Ancient Law: Its Connection with the Early History of Society and Its Relation to Modern Ideas
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Henry James Sumner Maine
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Ancient Law: Its Connection with the Early History of Society and Its Relation to Modern Ideas

Henry James Sumner Maine

344 pages • first pub 1822 (editions)

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Sir Henry James Sumner Maine (15 August 1822 - 3 February 1888), was a British comparative jurist and historian. He is famous for the thesis outlined in his book Ancient Law that law and society developed "from status to contract." According to th...

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