This textbased pdf or ebook was created from the html version of this book and is part of the portable library of liberty. Introduction and notes to sir henry maines ancient law london. Sir henry sumner maines life spanned one of the most illustrious penods of english history, the. Introduction to the victorian achievement of sir henry maine. An illustration of a computer application window wayback machine an illustration of an open book. Oct 21, 2012 popular government, by henry sumner maine. This treatise on the study of early municipal institutions, first published in 1861, has been likened, in its influence and importance, to darwins origin of species. Rome provided most of the materials used in ancient law.
Sir henry james sumner maine august 15, 1822 february 3, 1888 was an english comparative jurist and historian, son of dr james maine, of kelso, borders, scotland he is famous for the thesis, outlined in ancient law, that law and society developed from status to contract. Your use of this heinonline pdf indicates your acceptance of heinonlines. This hugely influential work of 1861 is probably the one for which sir henry maine 182288 is best remembered. Prepared for delivery at the iea 2017 world congress, 20 june. This work aimed at understanding how data from historical and social sciences influenced the way henry sumner maine and other contemporary thinkers looked at the relation between law and social change. No one who is interested in the growth of human ideas or the origins of human society can afford to neglect. In this famous extract from chapter v of ancient law, henry sumner maine characterizes the evolution towards progressive societies as a passage from status an ascribed position to contract a voluntary stipulation. Ancient law, his first legal publication, set the tone and in large part scouted the subject matter of the higher levels of all legal scholarship in england and this country for roughly forty years. Sir henry sumner maine, 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. You may copy it, give it away or reuse it under the terms of the project gutenberg license included with this ebook or online at.
Library of congress sir henry james sumner maine was a leading nineteenthcentury english jurist. Sir henry maine, in full sir henry james sumner maine, born august 15, 1822, kelso, roxburgh, scotlanddied february 3, 1888, cannes, france, british jurist and legal historian who pioneered the study of comparative law, notably primitive law and anthropological jurisprudence while professor of civil law at the university of cambridge 184754, maine also began lecturing on. In the ancient world individuals were tightly bound by status to traditional groups, while in the modern. Ancient law text files at mcmaster maine, henry sumner, 18221888. Educated at christs hospital, london and pembroke college, cambridge, maine became a fellow of trinity college, cambridge and finally its master. The politics of early kinship radical anthropology group. Prepared for delivery at the iea 2017 world congress, 20. Each month fastcase hosts a book as a pdf document that has fallen out of for your legal reading delight. This month we bring you henry sumner maine s ancient law. Appointed regius professor of civil law at cambridge when he was only twentyfive, maine then became reader in roman law and jurisprudence at the council of legal education, which had been established in london in 1852 by the inns of court, and combined this post with research and. The project gutenberg ebook of ancient law, by sir henry. Publication date 1890 topics international law publisher.
A scot by birth, maine studied at cambridge university, where from 1847 to 1854 and again from 1887 he was a professor. He was born near leighton, scotland, educated at cambridge, and, toward the end of his career, became whewell professor of. Maine was born august 15, 1822, in kelso, scotland. I t has been a good many years since the democratic political system, and all the principles upon which it is based, have received critical scrutinyfree from all the ideological whitewash that, especially in recent decades, has. He is famous for the thesis outlined in his book ancient law that law and society developed from status to contract. He is famous for the thesis, outlined in ancient law, that law and society developed from status to contract. As he struggled to make sense of morgans bothersome principle, maine felt moved to ask whether all or part of the explanation may not lie in. Maine, henry sumnerworks by mainesupplementary bibliographysir henry sumner maine 18221888 was a lecturer on jurisprudence at oxford and cambridge, the founder of anthropological jurisprudence as an aspect of comparative law, a legal historian, and a colonial statesman. And it shall be, that the firstborn which she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his. No comments on sir henry sumner maine sharing there cannot, i conceive, be any question that to the assumption of a law natural we owe the doctrine of the fundamental equality of human beings. Sumner is a town in oxford county, maine, united states. He was born near leighton, scotland, educated at cambridge, and, toward the end of his career, became whewell professor of international law at cambridge.
And it shall be, that the firstborn which she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be. Page 219 in most of the greek states and in rome there long remained the vestiges of an ascending series of groups out of which the state was at first constituted. Educated at christs hospital and pembroke college, cambridge. Henry maine article about henry maine by the free dictionary. This is a facsimile or imagebased pdf made from scans of the original book.
Sir henry james sumner maine sir henry james sumner maine 18221888 was an english legal historian and historical anthropologist and a leading victorian antidemocrat. Henry sumner maine ebooks in pdf format from ebooks. The chief object of the following pages is to indicate some of the earliest ideas of mankind, as they are reflected in ancient law, and to point out the, isbn 9781594621284 buy the ancient law ebook. His works include village communities in the east and the west, the early history of institutions, and popular government. Unfortunately, in matters of state sovereignty, the individual is still under the yoke of an imposed status attributed. Sumner is included in the lewistonauburn, maine metropolitan new england city and town area. According to the thesis, in the ancient world individuals were tightly bound by status to traditional groups, while in the modern one, in which. From 1863 to 1869 he was a member of the council to the. The project gutenberg ebook of ancient law, by sir henry james. This work aimed at studying the way henry sumner maine developed an original point of view on jurisprudence, neither fully adopting the method of the analytical jurists bentham, austin, nor the historical method savigny. Sep 01, 2005 english lawyer and historian sir henry james sumner maine 18221888 lectured on legal issues at oxford and cambridge and contributed to the codification of law in india.
Maine s writings on the social and historical bases of all legal systems have been recognized for their clarity of thought and style, although modern commentators have criticized maine for overgeneralization. Page 2 montesquieu, what homer has been to the didactic writers on epic poetry. A theories of henry sumner maine were often of great. Dissertations on early law and custom henry sumner maine. Henry sumner maine maine, henry sumner, 18221888 a wikipedia article about this author is available maine, henry sumner, 18221888.
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The family, house, and tribe of the romans may be taken as the type of them, and they are so described to us that we can scarcely help conceiving them as a system of concentric circles which have gradually expanded from the same. Maine, henry james sumner legal definition of maine, henry. As the latter have considered the work of the immortal bard, as the perfect model from which the principles and rules of the epic art were to be drawn, and by which all similar works were to be judged. This acclaimed book by henry sumner maine is available at in several formats for your ereader. Murray, 1908, also by frederick pollock page images at hathitrust maine, henry sumner, 18221888.
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Sir henry maine, in full sir henry james sumner maine, born august 15, 1822, kelso, roxburgh, scotlanddied february 3, 1888, cannes, france, british jurist and legal historian who pioneered the study of comparative law, notably primitive law and anthropological jurisprudence. Sir henry sumner maine,dissertations on early law and custom 1883 the online library of liberty this ebook pdf format is published by liberty fund, inc. Sir henry maine was a distinguished lawyer, academic and civil servant in mid victorian england, holding chairs in civil law at cambridge and oxford, the legal. This book is available for free download in a number of formats including epub, pdf, azw, mobi and more. Publication date 19080000 topics social sciences, law. Argonauts of the western pacificillustrated bronislaw malinowski. This is a compressed facsimile or imagebased pdf made from scans of the. Sir henry sumner maine 18221888 was a lecturer on jurisprudence at oxford and cambridge, the founder of anthropological jurisprudence as an aspect of comparative law, a legal historian, and a colonial statesman. Appointed regius professor of civil law at cambridge when he was only twentyfive, maine then became reader in roman law and jurisprudence at the council of legal education, which had been established in london in 1852 by the inns of court, and combined. I t has been a good many years since the democratic political system, and all the principles upon which it is based, have received critical scrutinyfree from all the ideological whitewash that, especially in. Read the fulltext online edition of lectures on the early history of institutions 1875. Lectures on the early history of institutions by henry sumner. Sir henry james sumner maine was a leading nineteenthcentury english jurist. International law by maine, henry sumner, sir, 18221888.
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