“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 usurpation or engine of tyranny.Quote by Henry James Sumner MaineTopics: Quotes about Henry James Sumner MaineShare on:FacebookPinterestWhatsApp
In spite of overwhelming evidence, it is most difficult for a citizen of western Europe...#Henry James Sumner Maine
The Roman jurisprudence has the longest known history of any set of human institutions.#Henry James Sumner Maine
The ancient codes were doubtless originally suggested by the discovery and diffusion of the art...#Henry James Sumner Maine
It is true that the aristocracies seem to have abused their monopoly of legal knowledge;...#Henry James Sumner Maine
Law is stable; the societies we are speaking of are progressive. The greater or less...#Henry James Sumner Maine
The Roman Code was merely an enunciation in words of the existing customs of the...#Henry James Sumner Maine
The most celebrated system of jurisprudence known to the world begins, as it ends, with...#Henry James Sumner Maine
The inquiries of the jurist are in truth prosecuted much as inquiry in physic and...#Henry James Sumner Maine
