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In Sir Henry Maine's historical analysis, which sequence represents the stages in the development of law in progressive societies?
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- 1Religious authority → Codified statutes → Judicial precedent → Administrative law → Scientific jurisprudence
- 2Customary practices → Judicial decisions → Legislation → Codification → Sociological theories
- 3Personal commands of rulers → Customary law administered by oligarchies → Codification → Fictions, Equity, and Legislation✓
- 4Religious rules → Customary law → Legislation → Fictions and Equity → Philosophic theories
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Personal commands of rulers → Customary law administered by oligarchies → Codification → Fictions, Equity, and Legislation
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