Popular Government: An Inquiry into the Conditions Necessary for the Success of Representative Governmentm by the Author of Ancient Law

Maine, Sir Henry Sumner; Sir Henry Sumner Maine (Author); George W. Carey (Introduction by)

ISBN 10: 0913966150 / ISBN 13: 9780913966150

Published by Liberty Classics, Indianapolis, IN, 1976

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254 pp. Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear, crisp pages and clean text.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Popular Government: An Inquiry into the Conditions Necessary for the Success of Representative Governmentm by the Author of Ancient Law
• Publisher: Liberty Classics, Indianapolis, IN
• Publication Date: 1976
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0913966150
• ISBN 13: 9780913966150
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Illustrator: Design Center, Inc. (Book Design)
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Governmental Studies, Public Policy & Studies
  • Political Science, Political Theory & Studies
  • Academic, Scholarly, Research

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Synopsis

Sir Henry Sumner Maine was one of the great intellects of the Victorian era. In Popular Government he examines the political institutions of men. He saw that popular governments, unless they are founded upon and consonant with the evolutionary development of a people, will crumble from their own excesses.

George W. Carey is Professor of Government at Georgetown University and editor of the Political Science Reviewer.

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.