PART ONE

FUNDAMENTAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CELTIC LAW AND MODERN LEGAL DOCTRINES (1)

CHAPTER ONE.

THE STATE, LIKE THE GODS, REMAINS UNCONCERNED WITH THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN FAMILIES. — THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE STRUCTURE OF SOCIETY AND THE CONCEPT OF THE AFTERLIFE.

The earliest conception of the State is entirely different from the one that centuries of habit have imposed on our minds. The State, in our view, has two primary missions to fulfill.

The first consists of internal governance: the State acts as a dispenser of justice; it must regulate, in accordance with the law droit The French "droit" refers to both "law" and "the right," encompassing the entire legal system and the principles of justice. and, as far as possible, equit—

(1) Course taught at the Collège de France A prestigious research and teaching institution in Paris where professors are required to teach their own original research. during the first semester of the 1893-1894 academic year.