Lectures on the Early History of Institutions. (A sequel to "Ancient..
Maine, Sir Henry Sumner [1822-1888]. Lectures on the Early History of Institutions. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1878. viii, 412 pp. Octavo (6" x 9"). Original red cloth, blind frames to boards, gilt title to spine. Worn with rubbing to boards, spine ends. Joints starting. Corners bumped and lightly worn. Hinges cracked, but holding. Bookseller's tickets "Baker, Voorhis/ New York" to front pastedown and "Dr. Henry Goldman/ Los Angeles" to rear pastedown. Internally clean. A good copy. $75. * This work on historical jurisprudence is a sequel to Maine's important Ancient Law (1861). It further expands the author's thesis that social organization moves "from status to contract" by exploring the relationships and evolution of ancient Irish law, kinship and the tribe, the development of property and the nature of sovereignty.
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