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    19th Century · English

    Dissertations on Early Law and Custom

    Henry Sumner Maine

    Dissertations on Early Law and Custom, by Henry Sumner Maine (1822–1888), a public-domain text from Liberty Fund's Online Library of Liberty.

    Chapters
    12
    Variants
    12
    Genre
    Law
    Difficulty
    Advanced

    chapters

    12 chapters
    1. 01Preface.prose
    2. 02Early Law and Custom, Chapter I.: The Sacred Laws of the Hindus.prose
    3. 03Chapter II.: Religion and Law.prose
    4. 04Chapter III.: Ancestor-worship.prose
    5. 05Chapter IV.: Ancestor-worship and Inheritance.prose
    6. 06Chapter V.: Royal Succession and the Salic Law.prose
    7. 07Chapter VI.: The King, in His Relation to Early CIVIL Justice.prose
    8. 08Chapter VII.: Theories of Primitive Society.prose
    9. 09Chapter VIII.: East European House Communities.prose
    10. 10Chapter IX.: The Decay of Feudal Property in France and England.prose
    11. 11Chapter X.: Classifications of Property.prose
    12. 12Chapter XI.: Classifications of Legal Rules.prose

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    Figures— 10 of 98

    Henry Sumner Maine · Manu · Gautama · Āpastamba · Cicero · Fustel de Coulanges · J. D. Mayne · Jeremy Bentham · Justinian · Baudhāyana

    Ideas— 10 of 61

    Adoption · Ancestor-worship · Feudalism · Polyandry · Primogeniture · Roman Law · Agnatic Kinship · Endogamy · Exogamy · Law of Nature

    Places— 10 of 34

    India · England · France · Rome · Punjab · Ireland · China · Athens · Bengal · Germany

    Groups— 10 of 83

    Brahmans · Hindus · Romans · Village Community · South Slavonians · Aryans · Bourbons · Chinese · Court of Chancery · Court of Star Chamber

    Events— 10 of 15

    First French Revolution · Wars of the Roses · Abolition of slavery in the West Indies · Adoption ceremony · Appointment of a daughter · Ascetic withdrawal to the forest · Assassination of Sir Louis Cavagnari · Assembly of Notables' 1316 Ruling · British conquest of Northern India · Capture of Constantinople by the Ottoman Turks

    Objects— 10 of 24

    Ancient Law · Lex Salica · Twelve Tables · Code Napoléon · Code of Manu · French Civil Code · 118th Novel of Justinian · Act of Settlement · Asiatic Studies · Athalie

    213 citations · 147 themes · 877 entity mentions — every one anchored to a verbatim passage. The atlas.

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