EARLY LAW AND CUSTOM

LONDON: PRINTED BY srOTTISWOODE ASD CO.XEW-STREET SQUARE

AND PARLIAMENT STREET

À DISSERTATIONS

ON

EARLY LAW AND CUSTOM

CHIEFLY SELECTED FROM

LECTURES DELIVERED AT OXFORD

BY SIR HENRY SUMNER MAINE, K.C.S.I. LL.D.F.R.S.

AUTHOR OF ANCIENT LAW' . VILLAGE-COMMUNITIES IN THE EAST AND WEST' ETC.