In spite of overwhelming evidence, it is most difficult for a citizen of western Europe to bring thoroughly home to himself the truth that the civilisation which surrounds him is a rare exception in the history of the world. — Henry James Sumner Maine Copy Share Image
It is true that the aristocracies seem to have abused their monopoly of legal knowledge and at all events their exclusive possession of the law was a formidable impediment to the success of those popular movements which began to be… — Henry James Sumner Maine Copy Share Image
The epoch of Customary Law, and of its custody by a privileged order, is a very remarkable one. — Henry James Sumner Maine Copy Share Image
The most superficial student of Roman history must be struck by the extraordinary degree in which the fortunes of the republic were affected by… — Henry James Sumner Maine Copy Share Image
The inquiries of the jurist are in truth prosecuted much as inquiry in physic and physiology was prosecuted before observation had taken the place… — Henry James Sumner Maine Copy Share Image
The members of such a society consider that the transgression of a religious ordinance should be punished by civil penalties, and that the violation… — Henry James Sumner Maine Copy Share Image
Law is stable the societies we are speaking of are progressive. The greater or less happiness of a people depends on the degree of… — Henry James Sumner Maine Copy Share Image
In spite of overwhelming evidence, it is most difficult for a citizen of western Europe to bring thoroughly home to himself the truth that… — Henry James Sumner Maine Copy Share Image
It is true that the aristocracies seem to have abused their monopoly of legal knowledge and at all events their exclusive possession of the… — Henry James Sumner Maine Copy Share Image
The Roman Code was merely an enunciation in words of the existing customs of the Roman people. — Henry James Sumner Maine Copy Share Image
When primitive law has once been embodied in a Code, there is an end to what may be called its spontaneous development. — Henry James Sumner Maine Copy Share Image
The most celebrated system of jurisprudence known to the world begins, as it ends, with a Code. — Henry James Sumner Maine Copy Share Image
The ancient codes were doubtless originally suggested by the discovery and diffusion of the art of writing. — Henry James Sumner Maine Copy Share Image
The ancient Roman code belongs to a class of which almost every civilised nation in the world can show a sample, and which, so… — Henry James Sumner Maine Copy Share Image
