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1、《AncientLaw》AncientLaw
byHenryMaine
Chapter6
TheEarlyHistoryofTestamentarySuccession
IfanattemptweremadetodemonstrateinEnglandthe
superiorityofthehistoricalmethodofinvestigationtothe
modesofinquiryconcerningJurisprudencewhichareinfashion
amongus,nodepartmentofLawwouldbetterservea
2、sanexample
thanTestamentsorWills.Itscapabilitiesitowestoitsgreat
lengthandgreatcontinuity.Atthebeginningofitshistorywe
findourselvesintheveryinfancyofthesocialstate,
surroundedbyconceptionswhichitrequiressomeeffortofmind
torealiseintheirancientform;whilehere,attheother
extremityofits
3、lineofprogress,weareinthemidstoflegal
notionswhicharenothingmorethanthosesameconceptions
disguisedbythephraseologyandbythehabitsofthoughtwhich
46用心爱心专心belongtomoderntimes,andexhibitingthereforeadifficultyof
anotherkind,thedifficultyofbelievingthatideaswhichform
partofoureverydaymenta
4、lstockcanreallystandinneedof
analysisandexamination.ThegrowthoftheLawofWillsbetween
theseextremepointscanbetracedwithremarkabledistinctness.
Itwasmuchlessinterruptedattheepochofthebirthof
feudalism,thanthehistoryofmostotherbranchesoflaw.Itis,
indeed,truethat,asregardsallprovincesofju
5、risprudence,the
breakcausedbythedivisionbetweenancientandmodernhistory,
orinotherwordsbythedissolutionoftheRomanempire,has
beenverygreatlyexaggerated.Indolencehasdisinclinedmany
writerstobeatthepainsoflookingforthreadsofconnection
entangledandobscuredbytheconfusionsofsixtroubled
cent
6、uries,whileotherinquirer,notnaturallydeficientin
patienceandindustry,havebeenmisledbyidleprideinthe
legalsystemoftheircountry,andbyconsequentunwillingnessto
confessitsobligationstothejurisprudenceofRome.Butthese
unfavourableinfluenceshavehadcomparativelylittleeffecton
theprovinceofTe
7、stamentaryLaw.Thebarbarianswereconfessedly
strangerstoanysuchconceptionasthatofaWill.Thebest
authoritiesagreethatthereisnotraceofitinthosepartsof
theirwrittencodewhichcomprisethecustomspractisedbythem
46用心爱心专心intheiroriginalseats,andintheirsubsequentsettlementson
theedgeoftheRomanemp
8、ire.Butsoona
