{"product_id":"52616-sumner-etudes-sur-l-histoire","title":"SUMNER MAINE (Sir Henry) – STUDIES ON THE HISTORY OF PRIMITIVE INSTITUTIONS, Translated from the English with a Preface by M. Jh Durieu de Leyritz and preceded by an introduction by M. d'Arbois de Jubainville","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eSUMNER MAINE (Sir Henry), Paris, 1880, octavo, red half morocco, gilt title on green paper, spine with raised bands decorated with gilt and blind-tooled fillets and blind-tooled fleurons, (edges very slightly rubbed, corners slightly bumped, one page partially torn without affecting reading), good condition, clean interior, XLIII-496 p.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaine's work has not had the considerable influence in France that it has in England. Yet his texts offer French legal historians insights with which they are largely unfamiliar: the relationship between Western and Eastern law in ancient institutions. This volume includes, in particular, a revised edition of the seminal work \"Village Communities in the East and West,\" a series of lectures delivered by the author, among which are the following titles: \"The East and the Study of Law\"; \"The Sources of Hindu Law\"; \"The Village Community in the West\"; and \"Historical Origin of Price and Rent.\" Other key texts in this collection include: \"The Influence of India on the Ideas of Modern Europe,\" \"Theory of Evidence,\" and \"Roman Law and Legal Education.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mémoire du Droit","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51964221227355,"sku":"52616","price":200.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0941\/0163\/5419\/files\/52616-1.jpg?v=1766952645","url":"https:\/\/www.memoiredudroit.fr\/en\/products\/52616-sumner-etudes-sur-l-histoire","provider":"La Mémoire du Droit","version":"1.0","type":"link"}