In spite of overwhelming evidence, it is most difficult for a citizen of western Europe to bring thoroughly home to himself the truth that the civilisation which surrounds him is a rare exception in the history of the world.
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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 ancient codes were doubtless originally suggested by the discovery and diffusion of the art of writing.
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The epoch of Customary Law, and of its custody by a privileged order, is a very remarkable one.
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I need hardly say that the publication of the Twelve Tables is not the earliest point at which we can take up the history of law.
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The Roman Code was merely an enunciation in words of the existing customs of the Roman people.
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