A studious examination of ancient Irish law, its effect on Hindu Law, and how they had escaped influence from Roman Law. Roman, Irish and Hindu Law are explained as they are examined. The result of a series of lectures delivered at Oxford University, dealing with Indian law, Mahametan law, feudalism, enclosure, family, tradition, usury laws, Brehon law, institutions, settled property and women, sovereignty, empire, and much more. Sir Henry Sumner Maine, a highly respected legal historian, a vigorous critic of democracy, and ...
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A studious examination of ancient Irish law, its effect on Hindu Law, and how they had escaped influence from Roman Law. Roman, Irish and Hindu Law are explained as they are examined. The result of a series of lectures delivered at Oxford University, dealing with Indian law, Mahametan law, feudalism, enclosure, family, tradition, usury laws, Brehon law, institutions, settled property and women, sovereignty, empire, and much more. Sir Henry Sumner Maine, a highly respected legal historian, a vigorous critic of democracy, and one of the best writers in the humanities of his generation, convinced many legal historians that law and legal institutions must be studied historically if they are to be understood.
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Add this copy of Lectures on the Early History of Institutions to cart. $30.00, good condition, Sold by Kubik Fine Books Ltd rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dayton, OH, UNITED STATES, published 1884 by Henry Holt and Company.
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Ex-library. Stamps on title page and page edges. Card pocket glued to front endpaper. Call numbers painted on spine. Some discoloration at page edges. Otherwise a clean, tight hardcover book in good condition. Red cloth boards. A sequel to "Ancient Law."
Add this copy of Lectures on the Early History of Institutions to cart. $37.50, good condition, Sold by Second Story Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Rockville, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1893 by John Murray.
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8vo three-quarters bound in dark brown leather w/raised bands & gilt text on spine, marbled paper covers & endpapers. VG-. Binding strong w/corners moderately scuffed or threadbare, light wear on spine-edges from opening & closing, top & bottom board covers mildly worn. Endpapers have 1/4" thick, up to 1"+ long chipped portions at top & bottom near spine w/missing portions adhered to pastedowns. Front hinge is split w/endpaper looses but not detached; rear hinge is splitting. Consistent age-toning on pages throughout; pages look as if they were near a fire. Still very readable. Bookplate on front pastedown. 412pp. Leatherbound Books. 1010302. Rockville Non-Retail Listings.
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Very Good. First edition, 1875. Cloth hardcover with gilt title on spine, 412 pp. + ads., clean unmarked text, Very Good copy, owner's signatures on the half-title and titlepage, also an owner's stamp on the titlepage, light soil or discoloration to the pages and to the page-edges, minor wear to the endpapers, a bit of soiling or discoloration to the covers, light rubbing or wear to the tips and edges of the covers, no dust jacket. Rare first edition.
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