Ancient Law
A classic work on the history of law by one of the great English jurists of the 19th century. Another great English jurist, Sir Frederick Pollock wrote an introduction and extensive notes.
Ancient Law, its connection with the early history of society and its relation to modern ideas, with an introduction and notes by Sir Frederick Pollock. 4th American from the 10th London edition (New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1906).
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- Author: Sir Henry Sumner Maine
- Introduction: Sir Frederick Pollock
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Table of Contents
- PREFACE TO THE TENTH EDITION.
- PREFACE TO THE FIFTH EDITION.
- PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION.
- PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION.
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION.
- ANCIENT LAW.
- CHAPTER I.: ANCIENT CODES.
- CHAPTER II.: LEGAL FICTIONS.
- CHAPTER III.: LAW OF NATURE AND EQUITY.
- CHAPTER IV.: THE MODERN HISTORY OF THE LAW OF NATURE.
- CHAPTER V.: PRIMITIVE SOCIETY AND ANCIENT LAW.
- CHAPTER VI.: THE EARLY HISTORY OF TESTAMENTARY SUCCESSION.
- CHAPTER VII.: ANCIENT AND MODERN IDEAS RESPECTING WILLS AND SUCCESSIONS.
- CHAPTER VIII.: THE EARLY HISTORY OF PROPERTY.
- CHAPTER IX.: THE EARLY HISTORY OF CONTRACT.
- CHAPTER X.: THE EARLY HISTORY OF DELICT AND CRIME.
- APPENDIX NOTES
- Chapter I. Page 1.
- NOTE A.: ANTIQUITY OF ROMAN LAW.
- NOTE B.: CUSTOMARY LAW IN HOMER.
- NOTE C.: EARLY FORMS OF LAW: “WRITTEN” AND “UNWRITTEN” LAW: EARLY CODES.
- Chapter II. Page 20.
- NOTE D.: ENGLISH CASE-LAW AND FICTION.
- Chapter III. Page 42.
- NOTE E.: THE LAW OF NATURE AND “IUS GENTIUM.”
- NOTE F.: EQUITY.
- Chapter IV. Page 70.
- NOTE G.: MEDIEVAL AND MODERN TREATMENT OF THE LAW OF NATURE: BRACTON: FRENCH PUBLICISTS.
- NOTE H.: THE ORIGINS OF THE MODERN LAW OF NATIONS.
- Chapter V. Page 109.
- NOTE I.: MONTESQUIEU, BENTHAM, AND HISTORICAL METHOD.
- NOTE K.: THE PATRIARCHAL THEORY.
- NOTE L.: STATUS AND CONTRACT.
- Chapter VI. Page 166.
- NOTE M.: TESTAMENTARY SUCCESSION.
- Chapter VII. Page 209.
- NOTE N.: PRIMOGENITURE.
- Chapter VIII. Page 237.
- NOTE O.: CAPTURE, OCCUPATION, POSSESSION.
- NOTE P.: THE INDIAN VILLAGE COMMUNITY.
- NOTE Q.: RES MANCIPI; ALIENATION IN EARLY LAW.
- Chapter IX. Page 295.
- NOTE R.: CONTRACT IN EARLY LAW.
- Chapter X. Page 355.
- NOTE S.: ARCHAIC PROCEDURE.
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