Ancient Law: Its Connection with the Early History of Society, and its Relation to Modern Ideas (Cambridge Library Collection - Classics) (Mīkstie vāki)

This hugely influential work of 1861 is probably the one for which Sir Henry Maine (1822-88) is best remembered. Published at a time when the evolution of institutions as well as of species was a topic of widespread interest, it remains a landmark work in the intellectual history of jurisprudence.