Henry James Sumner Maine Quotes

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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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

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