The most celebrated system of jurisprudence known to the world begins, as it ends, with a Code.
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The members of such a society consider that the transgression of a religious ordinance should be punished by civil penalties, and that the violation of a civil duty exposes the delinquent to divine correction.Henry James Sumner Maine
The epoch of Customary Law, and of its custody by a privileged order, is a very remarkable one.
Henry James Sumner Maine
I need hardly say that the publication of the Twelve Tables is not the earliest point at which we can take up the history of law.
Henry James Sumner Maine
The ancient codes were doubtless originally suggested by the discovery and diffusion of the art of writing.
Henry James Sumner Maine
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
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