VILLAGE-COMMUNITIES

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EAST AND WEST.

SIX LECTURES DELIVERED AT OXFORD

BY

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

CORPUS PROFESSOR OF JURISPRUDENCE IN THE UNIVERSITY;

FORMERLY LAW MEMBER OF THE SUPREME GOVERNMENT OF INDIA.

STANFOR

SECOND EDITION.

LONDON:

JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET.

1872.

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