Henry James Sumner Maine

Ancient Law

Its Connection with the Early History of Society, and Its Relation to Modern Ideas

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Produktbeschreibung

This hugely influential book of 1861 remains a landmark work in the intellectual history of jurisprudence.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 430
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Mai 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 603g
• ISBN-13: 9781108044943
• ISBN-10: 1108044948
• Artikelnr.: 35485446

Autorenporträt

English lawyer and historian SIR HENRY JAMES SUMNER MAINE (1822-1888) lectured on legal issues at Oxford and Cambridge and contributed to the codification of law in India. His works include Village Communities in the East and the West, The Early History of Institutions, and Popular Government.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Ancient codes
2. Legal fictions
3. Law of nature and equity
4. The modern history of the law of nature
5. Primitive society and ancient law
6. The early history of testamentary succession
7. Ancient and modern ideas respecting wills and successions
8. The early history of property
9. The early history of contract
10. The early history of delict and crime
Index.