Note 61 — Chapter I · THE PATRIARCHAL THEORY
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The discussion of the two general phases of rita and dharma, with their transitional stages, constitutes one of the most valuable parts of Leist's contribution to comparative jurisprudence: Alt-arisches Jus Gentium, 3, 111 ff., 132, 133, 174 ff., 606; Graeco-italische Rechtsgeschichte, 175-285. Cf. Botsford, op. cit., 24, 25, 26 ff., for an excellent account; on the Roman stages see Muirhead, Private Law of Rome, 14-23; and for the Greek themis and the themistes of the hero-kings consult Maine, Ancient Law, chap. i.