A History of Matrimonial Institutions, Vol. 1 of 3Howard, George Elliott
History
A History of Matrimonial Institutions, Vol. 1 of 3
Howard, George Elliott
Families; Marriage -- History
Familienorganisation," _ibid._, IX, 1-45; and his "Das Gesetz
von Gortyn," _ibid._, VI, 281-304, 430-40. A popular, but in the
main uncritical, book is Clarisse Bader's _La femme dans l'Inde
antique_ (2d ed., Paris, 1867). Similar in plan and treatment
are her _La femme biblique_ (new ed., Paris, 1873); _La femme
grecque_ (2d ed., Paris, 1873); and _La femme romaine_ (2d
ed., Paris, 1877). A strong defense of the dignified position
of the ancient Indic woman, based on the sources, may be found
in Jacolliot's _La femme dans l'Inde_ (Paris, 1877); and Mary
Frances Billington is a vigorous champion of the social status
of modern _Woman in India_ (London, 1895). See also Pizzi,
"Les coutumes nuptiales aux temps héroïques de l'Iran," in _La
Muséon_, II, 3 (1883); Vidyasagar, _On Widow-Marriages among the
Hindus_ (Calcutta, 1855); and Schlagintweit, "Die Hindu-Wittwe
in Indien," in _Globus_, XLIII (1883). Among the best technical
writings are Mayne's _Hindu Law and Usage_ (Madras and London,
1888); Jolly's _Hindu Law of Partition_ (Calcutta, 1885); his
_Rechtliche Stellung der Frauen bei den alten Indern_ (Munich,
1876); Tupper's _Punjab Customary Law_ (Calcutta, 1881); and
Gooroodass's "The Hindu Law of Marriage and Stridahn," in
_Tagore Law Lectures, 1878_ (Calcutta, 1879). Max Müller's
series of Sacred Books contains Apastamba, Gautama, Visnu,
and the other Sūtras, as well as the later versified law-books
of Manu and Yājñavalkya, with other sources of ancient Indic
custom. Burnell and Hopkins's _Manu_ (London, 1891) is an
excellent edition; and Jolly has a German translation of Books
VIII and IX in _ZVR._, III, 232-83; IV, 321-61. For each
important point these sources are thoroughly collated in the
writings of Kohler, Leist, and Jolly, above referred to.
For the Slavs, Krauss's _Sitte und Brauch der Südslaven_
(Vienna, 1885) is the most valuable treatise. See also Turner,
_Slavisches Familienrecht_ (Strassburg, 1874); and Kovalevsky's
_Modern Customs and Ancient Laws of Russia_ (London, 1891), in
which the author criticises and corrects Sir Henry Maine on
important points. For Greece, in addition to Leist's works above
mentioned, see the paper of Campaux, _Du mariage à Athènes_
(Paris, 1867); that of Moy, "La famille dans Homère," in _Revue
des cours littéraires_, 8 mars 1869; Stegeren, _De conditione
civili feminarum atheniensium_ (Zwallae, 1839); Ouvré,
_Observations sur le régime matrimonial au temps d'Homère_
(Paris, 1886); Lasaulx, _Zur Geschichte und Philosophie der
Ehe bei den Griechen_ (Munich, 1852); especially Hruza's _Die
Ehebegründung nach attischem Rechte_ (Erlangen and Leipzig,
1892); and his _Polygamie und Pellikat nach griechischem Rechte_
(Erlangen and Leipzig, 1894).
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