19th Century · English
Dissertations on Early Law and Custom
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
- 01Preface.prose
- 02Early Law and Custom, Chapter I.: The Sacred Laws of the Hindus.prose
- 03Chapter II.: Religion and Law.prose
- 04Chapter III.: Ancestor-worship.prose
- 05Chapter IV.: Ancestor-worship and Inheritance.prose
- 06Chapter V.: Royal Succession and the Salic Law.prose
- 07Chapter VI.: The King, in His Relation to Early CIVIL Justice.prose
- 08Chapter VII.: Theories of Primitive Society.prose
- 09Chapter VIII.: East European House Communities.prose
- 10Chapter IX.: The Decay of Feudal Property in France and England.prose
- 11Chapter X.: Classifications of Property.prose
- 12Chapter XI.: Classifications of Legal Rules.prose
In the atlas
fully mappedFigures99
Henry Sumner Maine · Manu · Gautama · Āpastamba · Cicero · Fustel de Coulanges · J. D. Mayne · Jeremy Bentham · Justinian · Baudhāyana
Ideas59
Adoption · Ancestor-worship · Feudalism · Polyandry · Primogeniture · Roman Law · Agnatic Kinship · Endogamy · Exogamy · Law of Nature
Groups82
Brahmans · Hindus · Romans · Village Community · South Slavonians · Aryans · Bourbons · Chinese · Court of Chancery · Court of Star Chamber
Events16
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
Objects26
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.