The epoch of Customary Law, and of its custody by a privileged order, is a...#Henry James Sumner Maine
The ancient Roman code belongs to a class of which almost every civilised nation in...#Henry James Sumner Maine
The ancient codes were doubtless originally suggested by the discovery and diffusion of the art...#Henry James Sumner Maine
Our authorities leave us no doubt that the trust lodged with the oligarchy was sometimes...#Henry James Sumner Maine
Law is stable; the societies we are speaking of are progressive. The greater or less...#Henry James Sumner Maine
It is true that the aristocracies seem to have abused their monopoly of legal knowledge;...#Henry James Sumner Maine
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 Roman Code was merely an enunciation in words of the existing customs of the...#Henry James Sumner Maine
The most superficial student of Roman history must be struck by the extraordinary degree in...#Henry James Sumner Maine
The most celebrated system of jurisprudence known to the world begins, as it ends, with...#Henry James Sumner Maine
