Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements vii
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. Institutions and Criticism
6. 1. INTRODUCTION 3
7. 2. THE BOOK 6
8. 3. CONTEXTS 7
9. 4. CONCLUSIONS 23
10. 2. Conceptions of ‘Progress’
11. 1. INTRODUCTION 25
12. 2. ISSUES OF DEFINITION 26
13. 3. MAINE’S METHODOLOGY AND ‘PROGRESS’ 31
14. 4. MAINE’S INSIGHTS 43
15. 5. CONCLUSIONS 45
16. 3. Ancient Law and Legal Change
17. 1. INTRODUCTION 47
18. 2. THE MEANING AND BOUNDARIES OF THE CONCEPT OF ‘ANCIENT LAW’ 47
19. 3. THE INTELLECTUAL CONTEXT OF THE CONCEPT OF ‘ANCIENT LAW’ 51
20. 4. AGENTS OF LEGAL CHANGE 54
21. 5. CONCLUSIONS 72
22. 4. The Family and the State
23. 1. INTRODUCTION 75
24. 2. THE FAMILY AND THE STATE 77
25. 3. THE ROMAN FAMILY 82
26. 4. PATERNAL AUTHORITY 83
27. 5. KINSHIP 86
28. 6. SLAVERY 89
29. 7. THE PATRIARCHY CONTROVERSY 92
30. 8. CONCLUSIONS 96
31. 5. Freedom of Testation and the Family
32. 1. INTRODUCTION 97
33. 2. SUPERFICIAL SIMILARITIES 98
34. 3. THE IMPORTANCE OF HISTORICAL CONTEXT 101
35. 4. FREEDOM OF TESTATION 108
36. 5. PRIMOGENITURE 111
37. 6. CONCLUSIONS 113
38. 6. The Origins of Property, its Acquisition and Protection
39. 1. INTRODUCTION 115
40. 2. OCCUPANCY 117
41. 3. COMMON PROPERTY 127
42. 4. THE ALIENATION OF PROPERTY 131
43. 5. CONCLUSIONS 134
44. 7. The Individual and the State: Contract, Delict and Crime
45. 1. INTRODUCTION 137
46. 2. CONTRACT 138
47. 3. DELICT AND CRIME 147
48. 4. CONCLUSIONS 156
49. Conclusions 157
50. Bibliography 165
51. Index 183