Henry James Sumner Maine

Reprint of the original, first published in 1871.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1871.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1864. Its connection with the early history of society, and its relation to modern ideas.

Reproduction of the original: The Ancient Law by Henry James Sumner Maine

Reproduction of the original: The Ancient Law by Henry James Sumner Maine

Sir Henry James Sumner Maine (15 August 1822 - 3 February 1888), was a British comparative jurist and historian. He is famous for the thesis outlined in his book 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 and form associations with whomever they choose. Because of this thesis, Maine can be seen as one of the forefathers of modern legal anthropology, legal history and sociology of law. Maine was the son of Dr. James Maine, of Kelso, Roxburghshire. He was educated at Christ's Hospital, where a boarding house was named after him in 1902. From there he went up to Pembroke College, Cambridge, in 1840.

Sir Henry James Sumner Maine (15 August 1822 - 3 February 1888), was a British comparative jurist and historian. He is famous for the thesis outlined in his book 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 and form associations with whomever they choose. Because of this thesis, Maine can be seen as one of the forefathers of modern legal anthropology, legal history and sociology of law. Maine was the son of Dr. James Maine, of Kelso, Roxburghshire. He was educated at Christ's Hospital, where a boarding house was named after him in 1902. From there he went up to Pembroke College, Cambridge, in 1840. At Cambridge, he was noted as a classical scholar and also won the Chancellor's Gold Medal for poetry in 1842. He won a Craven scholarship and graduated as senior classic in 1844, being also senior chancellor's medallist in classics. He was a Cambridge Apostle.

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"... J'avais toujours prouv le d sir et gard l'esp rance d'appliquer la m thode historique aux institutions de la politique humaine. Mais, ici encore, les recherches sur l'histoire de ces institutions et les efforts tent s pour en estimer la v ritable valeur d'apr s les r sultats de ces recherches, se trouvent s rieusement entrav s par une foule d'id es et de croyances qui se sont r pandues de nos jours au b n fice d'une forme sp ciale de gouvernement, cette forme extr me de gouvernement populaire que l'on nomme d mocratie. Les notions qui r gnent en Europe sur le gouvernement populaire proviennent en partie (et ces gard elles m ritent tout notre respect) d'observations sur sa mise en oeuvre effective; puis, en partie, et dans une mesure beaucoup plus importante, elles se bornent r p ter, sous une forme alt r e ou d guis e, les principes techniques des deux Constitutions anglaise et am ricaine. Mais nombre d'id es ce sujet, id es qui continuent r guli rement d'absorber ou de remplacer toute id e contraire, me paraissent, ainsi que les th ories juridiques dont je viens de parler, le fruit de simples conceptions a priori. Ce n'est, au fond, qu'une nouvelle s rie de d ductions appuy es sur l'hypoth se d'un tat de nature..."

Etudes sur l'histoire des institutions primitives / par sir Henry Sumner Maine, ...; traduit de l'anglais avec une preface par M. Jh. Durieu de Leyritz, ...; precede d'une introduction par M. D'Arbois de Jubainville, ... Date de l'edition originale: 1880Sujet de l'ouvrage: Anthropologie juridiqueCe livre est la reproduction fidele d'une oeuvre publiee avant 1920 et fait partie d'une collection de livres reimprimes a la demande editee par Hachette Livre, dans le cadre d'un partenariat avec la Bibliotheque nationale de France, offrant l'opportunite d'acceder a des ouvrages anciens et souvent rares issus des fonds patrimoniaux de la BnF. Les oeuvres faisant partie de cette collection ont ete numerisees par la BnF et sont presentes sur Gallica, sa bibliotheque numerique. En entreprenant de redonner vie a ces ouvrages au travers d'une collection de livres reimprimes a la demande, nous leur donnons la possibilite de rencontrer un public elargi et participons a la transmission de connaissances et de savoirs parfois difficilement accessibles. Nous avons cherche a concilier la reproduction fidele d'un livre ancien a partir de sa version numerisee avec le souci d'un confort de lecture optimal. Nous esperons que les ouvrages de cette nouvelle collection vous apporteront entiere satisfaction. Pour plus d'informations, rendez-vous sur www.hachettebnf.fr