“The ancient codes were doubtless originally suggested by the discovery and diffusion of the art of writing.Quote by Henry James Sumner MaineTopics: Quotes about Henry James Sumner MaineShare on:FacebookPinterestWhatsApp
Law is stable; the societies we are speaking of are progressive. The greater or less...#Henry James Sumner Maine
The members of such a society consider that the transgression of a religious ordinance should...#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
The most superficial student of Roman history must be struck by the extraordinary degree in...#Henry James Sumner Maine
The epoch of Customary Law, and of its custody by a privileged order, is a...#Henry James Sumner Maine
It is true that the aristocracies seem to have abused their monopoly of legal knowledge;...#Henry James Sumner Maine
Our authorities leave us no doubt that the trust lodged with the oligarchy was sometimes...#Henry James Sumner Maine
