十九世纪上半叶正是欧洲大陆盛行历史法学之时,而英国的历史法学因为梅因的《古代法》之问世,在欧洲大陆隔岸的英伦半岛上一枝独秀,并且发扬到整个世界为历史法学在19世纪的下半叶传递薪火、生生不息。其法律进化论思想和法典编撰心结尤其令人称颂。 The first half of the nineteenth century was exactly the time when the history of jurisprudence was prevalent in continental Europe. However, because of the advent of the ancient law of Moines, Britain’s historical jurisprudence thrived on the British peninsula across the European mainland and carried forward the history of the whole world Law passed fire in the second half of the 19th century. It is particularly commendable that his idea of ​​legal evolution and the compilation of the Codex.