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Law is stable; the societies we are speaking of are progressive. The greater or less happiness of a
Law is stable; the societies we are speaking of are progressive. The greater or less happiness of a
Law is stable; the societies we are speaking of are progressive. The greater or less happiness of a
Law is stable; the societies we are speaking of are progressive. The greater or less happiness of a
Law is stable; the societies we are speaking of are progressive. The greater or less happiness of a
Law is stable; the societies we are speaking of are progressive. The greater or less happiness of a
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The epoch of Customary Law, and of its custody by a privileged order, is a very remarkable one.Henry James Sumner Maine:
The inquiries of the jurist are in truth prosecuted much as inquiry in physic and physiology was prHenry James Sumner Maine:
The members of such a society consider that the transgression of a religious ordinance should be puHenry James Sumner Maine:
The most celebrated system of jurisprudence known to the world begins, as it ends, with a Code.Henry James Sumner Maine:
The most superficial student of Roman history must be struck by the extraordinary degree in which tHenry James Sumner Maine:
The Roman Code was merely an enunciation in words of the existing customs of the Roman people.Henry James Sumner Maine:
The Roman jurisprudence has the longest known history of any set of human institutions.