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780. Concerning this formation and expansion of the 

 patriarchal group, we have to note, further, that it is in part 

 determined by a state of chronic hostility among groups. 

 Other instances beyond those furnished by Africa, may be 

 named as showing this. One of them comes to us in the 

 remark of M. de Laveleye respecting the peoples of the 

 Balkan principalities : 



The southern Slavs escaped the influence of the civil law, by reason 

 of the perpetual wars which devastated their territory, and more espe 

 cially in consequence of the Turkish invasion. Beaten, isolated, and 

 thrown back on themselves, their only thought was the religious pre 

 servation of their traditional institutions, and of their local autonomy. 

 This is the cause of their family communities surviving to our own 

 times, without being subjected to the influence either of the Roman 

 law, or that of feudalism.&quot; 



The statement of Mr. Arthur Evans, to be hereafter quoted 

 in another connexion, verifies this explanation. 



But the chief purpose of this chapter is simply to indicate 

 the link between paternal regulation and communal regula 

 tion. The growth of the family-group into the patriarchal 

 group, and presently into the enlarging cluster of relatives, 

 brings extension and modification of the primitive paternal 

 government, which takes place by insensible steps. The 

 foregoing sections, illustrating this transition, prepare us for 

 entering upon the subject of communal regulation. 



