Evolution of Law: Primitive and ancient legal institutionsLittle, Brown,, 1915 - Comparative law |
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according adoption agnatic Ancient Law animal appears Aryan become belongs blood bride bride price brother brother-group called capitis deminutio ceremony civil clan conception contract custom Dargun daughter death debtor distinct divorce early evolution existence exogamy fact father gods Greeks group marriage hearth Hindu human husband idea Indians individual instances institution JOSEF KOHLER jural sense juridical jurisprudence king kinship L. T. HOBHOUSE land Leist male mancipatio Manu marriage marry method monogamy mother mother-right nations nature nexum offence origin paternal patria potestas patriarchal person Philosophy of Law phratry pledge Plutarch polyandry polygamy position Post primitive principle punishment races relation religion religious Roman law rule sacred savage silent trade sister slave social society stage theory tion totem tribal tribes Twelve Tables village community Westermarck wife wives woman women worship
Popular passages
Page 637 - For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves ; which show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another ;) in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to my Gospel.
Page 276 - And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give. 12 Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me : but give me the damsel to wife.
Page 26 - If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband's brother unto her. And it shall be, that the firstborn which she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel.
Page 144 - The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
Page 314 - In childhood a female must be subject to her father, in youth to her husband, when her lord is dead to her sons; a woman must never be independent.
Page 320 - And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go whither she will ; but thou shalt not sell her at all for money, thou shalt not make merchandise of her, because thou hast humbled her.
Page 312 - She must not seek to separate herself from her father, husband, or sons; by leaving them she would make both her own and her husband's families contemptible." "She must always be cheerful, clever in the management of her household affairs, careful in cleaning her utensils, and economical in expenditure.
Page 605 - Fasting precedes distress in their case. He who does not give a pledge to fasting is an evader of all ; he who disregards all things shall not be paid by God or man.
Page 276 - And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it : and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; which thing ought not to be done.
Page 365 - And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.