Sir Henry Maine
- Jurist
- Sir Henry Maine
- School
- Historical School
- Father of
- Comparative-Historical Jurisprudence
- Theory
- Comparative–Historical Jurisprudence; "the movement of progressive societies has hitherto been a movement from Status to Contract."
- Quote
The movement of the progressive societies has hitherto been a movement from status to contract.
- Books
Ancient Law (1861), Village Communities, Early History of Institutions, Lectures on the Early History of Institutions
- Propounded
Status-to-Contract thesis; comparative evolution of legal institutions
- Born
- 1822
- Died
- 1888
- Portrait
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