Ancient Law
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| Rating | : | 4.76 (880 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1483955664 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 154 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-05-11 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Covered are: ancient codes; legal fictions; law of nature and equity; the modern history of the law of nature; primitive society and ancient law; the early history of testamentary succession; ancient and modern ideas respecting wills and successions; the early history of property, contract, and delict and crime. Its object is to reveal some of the earliest ideas of mankind, reflected in Ancient Law, to point out the relation of those ideas to later thought. From the Publisher This book is engrossing reading for all who may be interested in the growth of human ideas and the origins of human society. Early society, reflected in the law, begins with the group (the family), not with the individual.
No one who is interested in the growth of human ideas or the origins of human society can afford to neglect Maine's Ancient Law. The revolution effected by the latter in the study of biology was hardly more remarkable than that effected by Maine's brilliant treatise in the study of early institutions. Published some one hundred and forty years ago it immediately took rank as a classic, and its epoch-making influence may not unfitly be compared to that exercised by Darwin's Origin of Species. Well does one of Maine's latest and most learned commentators say of his work that "he did nothing less than create the natural history of law." This is only another way of saying that he demonstrated that our legal conceptions—using that term in its largest sense to include social and political institutions—are as much the product of historical development as biological organisms are the outcome of evolution.
Laval said Five Stars. Think you perfect. "A "must read" for political science, law and social studies" according to J. Preston. This book should be mandatory reading for any history classes, law studies and political science curricula.Professor Maine (of Cambridge) wrote this treatise in 1867. It is a documentation of how ancient laws (especially from ancient Greece and Rome) have influenced our modern societies and systems of law.One of the most illuminating chapters contains his brilliant analysis of the American system of government just after the civil war.Professor Maine points out that the US system of government is based almost entirely on R. Packed. Intricate. Pursuingknowledgeandperspectives PACKED and more. Intricate explanations that require reader's intense attention--but "it's there," if your journey to it is a bit convoluted. From a lifetime of study and learning by a learned man of substance. The main reference text for a Berkeley professor's class. Not a fast read, but an informative one if time is taken. The language is generally elevated-1800s, but with some effort it can be handled. Usually. A piece of work.