TY  - BOOK
AU  - Maine,Henry Sumner,Sir
TI  - Ancient law
T2  - Everyman's library, no. 734
AV  - K 
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Salt Lake City, UT
PB  - Project Gutenberg
KW  - Law -- History
KW  - Prehistoric peoples
KW  - Comparative law
KW  - Law, Ancient
KW  - Customary law
N1  - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Law; Release date is 2007-10-07; Produced by Thierry Alberto, Turgut Dincer and the Online
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N2  - "Ancient Law: Its Connection to the History of Early Society" by Sir Henry James Sumner Maine is an influential work of legal scholarship, first published in the early 19th century. This treatise explores the historical roots of legal systems, emphasizing the evolution of law from primitive societies to more complex modern frameworks. Maine argues that legal conceptions are products of historical development, reflecting the social structures and dynamics of early human communities.  The opening of "Ancient Law" introduces the foundational ideas that Maine will elaborate throughout the text. He critiques earlier jurisprudential theories that have approached the study of law from unhistorical perspectives, proposing instead that early legal systems were characterized by communal rather than individualistic foundations. Maine posits that the group, particularly the patriarchal family, served as the foundational unit of early society, which significantly shaped the evolution of legal concepts such as property, contracts, and succession. He sets the stage for examining how these early laws began to transform into more sophisticated systems that align with the needs of increasingly complex societies. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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ER  -