Ancient Law

ISBN-13: 9781138518865 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 460 str.

Sir Henry Sumner Maine; Dante J. Scala

Opis

This is the enduring work of 19th-century legal historian Henry Sumner Maine. His narrative spans the ancient world, in which individuals were bound by status to traditional groups, and the modern one, in which individuals are free to make contracts with whomever they choose.

Spis treści

INTRODUCTION TO THE TRANSACTION EDITION, PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION, PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION, I. ANCIENT CODES, II. LEGAL FICTIONS, III. LAW OF NATURE AND EQUITY, IV. THE MODERN HISTORY OF THE LAW OF NATURE, V. PRIMITIVE SOCIETY AND ANCIENT LAW, VI. THE EARLY HISTORY OF TESTAMENTARY SUCCESSION, VII. ANCIENT AND MODERN IDEAS RESPECTING WILLS AND SUCCESSIONS, VIII. THE EARLY HISTORY OF PROPERTY, IX. THE EARLY HISTORY OF CONTRACT, X. THE EARLY HISTORY OF DELICT AND CRIME

O autorze

Sir Henry Sumner Maine, Dante J. Scala