Dissertations on Early Law and Custom

Edward W. Said, is a Middle Eastern political and historical study, where Edward Said coined the phrase ‘Orientalism’ to describe the West’s often reductive and derisive portrayal of “The East.” This book is an explanation of this concept and the application of this framework to understand the…

Maine examines the history of law in the Western world, with a focus on the development of legal institutions in ancient Rome and Europe. He discusses the effects of legal fiction, equity, and legislation in making Western law flexible to meet changing circumstances.

Friedrich Engels is partially based on notes by Karl Marx to Lewis H. Morgan’s book “Ancient Society”. In his book, Engels traces the evolution of family forms and links them to changes in technology and arrangements for the ownership of property and he also explores the connection between early…

Forming a nation requires citizens to give up certain freedoms that they still had in the state of nature, it replaces these freedoms with the far more valuable “civil freedom” of living in society, which allows citizens to more fully develop themselves morally and rationally. Rousseau also…

While both books deal with political philosophy and the nature of government, they approach these topics from different perspectives and historical contexts. Leviathan focuses on the justification of political authority through a social contract, while “Dissertations on Early Law and Custom”…

In this book, Locke argues that every man is born free and has the ability to govern himself according to reason and God’s law. Locke also discusses the differences between the state of nature and the state of war, the definition and function of property, and the organization of government.

A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari. In his book he discusses the role of religion in human history. According to Harari, religion is the third great unifier in the world, alongside money and empires. He defines religion as a set of values based on “a belief in a superhuman order”.…

Gaius is a well known work which became the authoritative legal text during the late Roman Empire. Maine reffers to it a lot in his book.