{"product_id":"ancient-law-henry-james-sumner-maine-9781945934629","title":"Ancient Law","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis treatise on the study of early municipal institutions, first published in 1861, has been likened, in its influence and importance, to Darwin's Origin of Species. With this slim volume, Maine, one of the most brilliant classical scholars of his day, created a natural history of law by demonstrating that our notion of legality is as much the product of historical development as biological organisms are the outcome of evolution. Through an intense focus on the contribution of Roman code to modern jurisprudence, Maine explores early ideas about property, wills, contracts, and crime. This is a pioneering work of legal history, one that has had an immeasurable effect not only on our understanding of ancient concepts of justice and punishment but on the view of civilization itself as an arrangement of public rules and statutes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Henry James Sumner Maine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 194593462X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781945934629\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cosimo Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/17\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.75d","brand":"Henry James Sumner Maine","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43940282040575,"sku":"9781945934629","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_d98cc1b1-c59e-4081-9097-1fd1b1632af2.jpg?v=1681446292","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ancient-law-henry-james-sumner-maine-9781945934629","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}