Reproduction of the original: The Ancient Lawby Henry James Sumner Maine

This treatise on the study of early municipal institutions, first published in 1861, has been lik...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extre...

This hugely influential work of 1861 is probably the one for which Sir Henry Maine (1822-88) is b...

Die Volksthümliche Regierung

Sir Henry James Sumner Maine was an English comparative jurist and historian. His thesis in Ancie...

Ancient Law: Its Connection To The History Of Early SocietyThis book is a result of an effort mad...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extre...

This treatise on the study of early municipal institutions, first published in 1861, has been lik...

Reproduction of the original: The Ancient Lawby Henry James Sumner Maine

Ancient Law

A thorough critique of democracy, and popular sovereignty by one of the foremost legals scholars ...