Lectures On The Early History Of Institutions - Couverture souple

Maine, Sir Henry Sumner

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1419129511 ISBN 13 : 9781419129513

Editeur : Kessinger Publishing Co, 2004

Synopsis

Lectures On The Early History Of Institutions is a book written by Henry Sumner Maine, a renowned British jurist and legal historian. The book is a collection of lectures that Maine delivered at Oxford University in the mid-19th century, exploring the evolution of human institutions from their earliest origins.The book is divided into two parts. The first part focuses on the development of primitive societies and their legal systems, examining the role of kinship, religion, and custom in shaping early forms of social organization. Maine argues that these early institutions were based on a system of status rather than contract, with individuals occupying fixed positions in society based on their birth and social standing.The second part of the book explores the transition from status-based to contract-based societies, examining the emergence of modern legal systems and the role of individual rights and freedoms in shaping modern institutions. Maine argues that this transition was driven by a combination of economic, political, and social factors, and that it represents a fundamental shift in the way that societies organize themselves.Overall, Lectures On The Early History Of Institutions is a fascinating exploration of the origins and evolution of human institutions, offering insights into the ways in which societies have developed and changed over time. It is a must-read for anyone interested in legal history, anthropology, or the evolution of human societies.The great peculiarity of the ancient laws of Ireland, so far as they are accessible to us, is discussed, with much instructive illustration, in the General Preface to the Third Volume of the official translations. They are not a legislative structure, but the creation of a class of professional lawyers, the Brehons, whose occupation became hereditary, and who on that ground have been designated, though not with strict accuracy, a caste.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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Lectures printed in this Volume an attempt is made to carry farther in some particulars the line of investigation pursued by the Author in an earlier work on Ancient Law. The fortunes of the legal system which then supplied him with the greatest number of his illustrations have been strikingly unlike those of another body of law from which he has now endeavoured to obtain some new materials for legal and social history. The Roman Law has never ceased to be spoken of with deep respect, and it is in fact the source of the greatest part of the rules by which civil life is still governed in theW estern World.
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Kessinger Publishing Co
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1419129511
• ISBN 13: 9781419129513
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 208
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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