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Dissertations on Early Law and Custom, chiefly selected from Lectures delivered at Oxford by Henry Sumner Maine

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  1. PREFACE.330 words
  2. CONTENTS.126 words
  3. CHAPTER I.: THE SACRED LAWS OF THE HINDUS.5,874 words
  4. CHAPTER II.: RELIGION AND LAW.5,682 words
  5. Note A.: WHEEL-PICTURES.434 words
  6. CHAPTER III.: ANCESTOR-WORSHIP.6,041 words
  7. CHAPTER IV.: ANCESTOR-WORSHIP AND INHERITANCE.10,383 words
  8. Note A.: HINDU PATRIA POTESTAS.453 words
  9. Note B.: POLYANDRY.242 words
  10. CHAPTER V.: ROYAL SUCCESSION AND THE SALIC LAW.8,397 words
  11. CHAPTER VI.: THE KING, IN HIS RELATION TO EARLY CIVIL JUSTICE.7,359 words
  12. CHAPTER VII.: THEORIES OF PRIMITIVE SOCIETY.8,538 words
  13. Note A.: THE ANDAMAN ISLANDERS.862 words
  14. CHAPTER VIII.: EAST EUROPEAN HOUSE COMMUNITIES.11,980 words
  15. Note A.: THE GENS.2,195 words
  16. CHAPTER IX.: THE DECAY OF FEUDAL PROPERTY IN FRANCE AND ENGLAND.8,751 words
  17. Note A.: VILLAGE-COMMUNITIES AND MANORS.1,531 words
  18. CHAPTER X.: CLASSIFICATIONS OF PROPERTY.6,286 words
  19. CHAPTER XI.: CLASSIFICATIONS OF LEGAL RULES.10,109 words
  20. About Liberty Fund328 words
  21. The Online Library of Liberty235 words
  22. Copyright Information531 words

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