Henry James Sumner Maine Quotes

Quote of the Day Fresh quotes Topics Authors I'm Feeling Lucky Disable ads! 14 quotes by Henry James Sumner Maine Sir Henry James Sumner Maine, KCSI (15 August 1822 – 3 February 1888), was a British comparative jurist and historian. He is famous for the thesis outlined in Ancient Law that law and society developed "from status to contract." According to the thesis, in the ancient world individuals were tightly bound by status to traditional groups, while in the modern one, in which individuals are viewed as autonomous agents, they are free to make contracts... Read full biography of Henry James Sumner Maine → 1 2 Ctrl → The members of such a society consider that the transgression of a religious ordinance should be punished by civil penalties, and that the violation... → 0 Our authorities leave us no doubt that the trust lodged with the oligarchy was sometimes abused, but it certainly ought not to be regarded as a mere... → 0 When primitive law has once been embodied in a Code, there is an end to what may be called its spontaneous development. 0 It is true that the aristocracies seem to have abused their monopoly of legal knowledge; and at all events their exclusive possession of the law was... → 0 Law is stable; the societies we are speaking of are progressive. The greater or less happiness of a people depends on the degree of promptitude with... → 0 The most superficial student of Roman history must be struck by the extraordinary degree in which the fortunes of the republic were affected by the... → 0 The inquiries of the jurist are in truth prosecuted much as inquiry in physic and physiology was prosecuted before observation had taken the place of... → 0 The most celebrated system of jurisprudence known to the world begins, as it ends, with a Code. 0 In spite of overwhelming evidence, it is most difficult for a citizen of western Europe to bring thoroughly home to himself the truth that the... → 0 The ancient codes were doubtless originally suggested by the discovery and diffusion of the art of writing. 0 The epoch of Customary Law, and of its custody by a privileged order, is a very remarkable one. 0 The Roman Code was merely an enunciation in words of the existing customs of the Roman people. 0 The Roman jurisprudence has the longest known history of any set of human institutions. 0 1 2 Ctrl → Add a quote!


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