# Sir Henry Maine — Progress and Poverty character guide

> Sir Henry Maine in Progress and Poverty by Henry George.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Harry

**First appearance:** 0056-iv-private-property-in-land-historically-considered

## Who they are

Legal historian whose work on ancient law and property is referenced.

## Relationships

### [Thomas More](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/progress_and_poverty_se/characters/thomas_more)

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Maine's historical jurisprudence is compared to More's utopian vision, representing different approaches to ideal social organization.

## In the story

### [III: Wages Not Drawn from Capital, but Produced by the Labor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/progress_and_poverty_se/chapters/iii-wages-not-drawn-from-capital-but-produced-by-the-labor)

Maine is referenced for his treatment of the saer-and-daer stock tenancy, illustrating payment in kind.

### [Insufficiency of Remedies Currently Advocated](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/progress_and_poverty_se/chapters/i-insufficiency-of-remedies-currently-advocated)

Referenced for his findings on the ancient Hindu practice of 'sitting dharna' and its parallels in Irish Brehon laws.

### [III: From Combinations of Workmen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/progress_and_poverty_se/chapters/iii-from-combinations-of-workmen)

Referenced for his findings on the ancient Hindu practice of 'sitting dharna' and its parallels in Irish Brehon laws.

### [Private Property in Land Historically Considered](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/progress_and_poverty_se/chapters/iv-private-property-in-land-historically-considered)

Mentioned among the researchers whose investigations into the growth of institutions prove the original common right to land.

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