Lectures on the Early History of Institutions

Maine, Sir Henry James Sumner

ISBN 10: 1410202453 / ISBN 13: 9781410202451

Published by University Press of the Pacific, 2002

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Lectures on the Early History of Institutions
• Publisher: University Press of the Pacific
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1410202453
• ISBN 13: 9781410202451
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

A studious examination of ancient Irish law, its effect on Hindu Law, and how they had escaped influence from Roman Law. Roman, Irish and Hindu Law are explained as they are examined. The result of a series of lectures delivered at Oxford University, dealing with Indian law, Mahametan law, feudalism, enclosure, family, tradition, usury laws, Brehon law, institutions, settled property and women, sovereignty, empire, and much more. Sir Henry Sumner Maine, a highly respected legal historian, a vigorous critic of democracy, and one of the best writers in the humanities of his generation, convinced many legal historians that law and legal institutions must be studied historically if they are to be understood.

About the Author

Maine was educated at Christ's Hospital and Pembroke College, Cambridge. In 1847 he was professor of civil law at Cambridge. In 1850, he was called to the Bar and he was a Member of the Indian Council for seven years.