Ancient Law

by Henry James Sumner Maine

 

CONTENTS.

Chap.		Page
I.	Ancient Codes	1
II.	Legal Fictions	21
III.	Law of Nature and Equity	44
IV.	The Modern History of the Law of Nature	73
V.	Primitive Society and Ancient Law	113
VI.	The Early History of Testamentary Succession	171
VII.	Ancient and Modern Ideas respecting Wills and Successions	215
VIII.	The Early History of Property	244
IX.	The Early History of Contract	304
X.	The Early History of Delict and Crime	367