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The Project Gutenberg EBook of Ancient Law, by Sir Henry James Sumner Maine This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: Ancient Law Its Connection to the History of Early Society Author: Sir Henry James Sumner Maine Release Date: October 7, 2007 [EBook #22910] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ANCIENT LAW *** Produced by Thierry Alberto, Turgut Dincer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net Everyman, I will go with thee, and be thy guide, In thy most need to go by thy side. This is No. 734 of Everyman's Library. A list of authors and their works in this series will be found at the end of this volume. The publishers will be pleased to send freely to all applicants a separate, annotated list of the Library. J. M. DENT & SONS LIMITED 10-13 BEDFORD STREET LONDON W.C.2 E. P. DUTTON & CO. INC. 286-302 FOURTH AVENUE NEW YORK EVERYMAN'S LIBRARY EDITED BY ERNEST RHYS HISTORY ANCIENT LAW BY SIR HENRY JAMES SUMNER MAINE INTRODUCTION BY PROF. J. H. MORGAN SIR HENRY JAMES SUMNER MAINE, the son of a doctor, born 1822 in India. Educated at Christ's Hospital and Pembroke College, Cambridge. In 1847 professor of civil law at Cambridge; 1850, called to the Bar. Member of Indian Council for seven years. Died at Cannes, 1888. ANCIENT LAW [Illustration] SIR HENRY MAINE LONDON: J. M. DENT & SONS LTD. NEW YORK: E. P. DUTTON & CO. INC. _All rights reserved Made in Great Britain at The Temple Press Letchworth and decorated by Eric Ravilious for J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. Aldine House Bedford St. London First Published in this Edition 1917 Reprinted 1927, 1931, 1936_ INTRODUCTION No one who is interested in the growth of human ideas or the origins of human society can afford to neglect Maine's _Ancient Law_. Published some fifty-six years ago it immediately took rank as a classic, and its epoch-making influence may not unfitly be compared to that exercised by Darwin's _Origin of Species_. The revolution effected by the lat
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