Maine, Henry Sumner.

Lectures on the Early History of Institutions [Including a chapter on ‘The Ancient Irish Law’].

Sixth Edition. London, John Murray, 1893. 15 cm x 23 cm. 412 pages. Original Hardcover. Good condition with signs of external wear. Some stronger discoloration to cover. Some pencil markings and underlinings. Slightly frayed at boundary between cover and endpaper.

Includes for example the following essays: New Materials for the Early History of Institutions / The Ancient Irish Law (Irish and Hindoo Law / The Druids / Senchus Mor and Book of Aicill / Succession of Brehon Law to Druids / Kinship as the Basis of Society / The Tribe and the Land / The Chief and his Order / The Chief and the Land / Ancient Divisions of the Family / The Growth and Diffusion of Primitive Ideas / The Primitive Forms of Legal Remedies / The Early History of the Settled Property of Married Women / Sovereignty / Sovereignty and Empire.

A sequel to Maine’s highly influential Ancient Law [1861, this volume examines kinship, tribal society, early legal remedies and sovereignty, and develops the thesis, first articulated in Ancient Law, that law and society developed “from status to contract”. This important argument established Maine’s reputation as one of the forefathers of modern legal sociology. (Source: Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School 1909)]

• Keywords: Book of Aicill · Brehon Law · Catalogue Irish History Six – General Irish History · Catalogue Irish History Two – Origins of Irish Identity · Catalogue One – History of Law · Druidism · Druids · International Law · Irish Ancient Law · Irish and Hindoo Law (Hindu Law) · Irish Law · Irish Legal History · Law · Law – Rare · Senchus Mor · Sociology
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 28979AB

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