LEGALST 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Henry James Sumner Maine, Ancient Law

• School: Berkeley
• Department: Legal Studies
• Course: LEGALST 103
• Professor: Christopher Lawrence Tomlins

Document Summary

Sir henry maine- ancient law ch. 5, last paragraph. Progress- arch in human development, a path that development follows: assumes that things get better, there is improvement (sociohistorical law), characteristic of at least some societies. Law is stable, but the societies in the book are progressive. Law has to keep catching up to social development to remain relevant and contribute to social happiness. Base unit of society, smallest you can go to create what a society looks like. Explains social order and social development: each family member has a status which represents capacities and responsibilities. Other relationships with status attached, employer-employee, teacher-student.