Lectures on the Early History of Institutions
The sequel to his more famous book on *Ancient Law” in which Maine examines kinship, tribal society, early legal remedies and sovereignty.
Lectures on the Early History of Institutions, 7th edition (London: John Murray, 1914).
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- Author: Sir Henry Sumner Maine
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Table of Contents
- CONTENTS.
- PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION.
- PREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDITION.
- LECTURES ON THE EARLY HISTORY OF INSTITUTIONS.
- LECTURE I.: NEW MATERIALS FOR THE EARLY HISTORY OF INSTITUTIONS.
- LECTURE II.: THE ANCIENT IRISH LAW.
- LECTURE III.: KINSHIP AS THE BASIS OF SOCIETY.
- LECTURE IV.: THE TRIBE AND THE LAND.
- LECTURE V.: THE CHIEF AND HIS ORDER.
- LECTURE VI.: THE CHIEF AND THE LAND.
- LECTURE VII.: ANCIENT DIVISIONS OF THE FAMILY.
- LECTURE VIII.: THE GROWTH AND DIFFUSION OF PRIMITIVE IDEAS.
- LECTURE IX.: THE PRIMITIVE FORMS OF LEGAL REMEDIES.
- I.
- LECTURE X.: THE PRIMITIVE FORMS OF LEGAL REMEDIES.
- II.
- LECTURE XI.: THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE SETTLED PROPERTY OF MARRIED WOMEN.
- LECTURE XII.: SOVEREIGNTY.
- LECTURE XIII.: SOVEREIGNTY AND EMPIRE.
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