LECTURE XLIII. 



EVOLUTION OF SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS. APPLICATIONS 

 AND ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Prof. George E. Howard. 



I. Illustration of the Biological Basis of Historical 

 Evolution. 



1. Institutional history is largely the history of con- 

 duct. 



2. Conduct is an evolution, (a) Natural selection 

 and crime (Morse, in Popular Science Monthly, August, 

 1892). (h) Natural selection and moral regeneration. 



3. Bearing of the doctrines on the future of society 

 and the law. 



II. Institutional Evolution Presents the Phenomena 

 of Organic Evolution. 



1. Decay and revival of organs and functions. 



2. Continuity and differentiation in variety and 

 species. 



3. Survival or fossilization. 



III. Examples of Survivals. 



1. Hearth or ancestor-worship. 



2. Marriage by capture. 



3. Marriage by purchase. 



4. The blood-feud and self-help, (a) English peine 

 forte et dur and distress; the Roman pignoris capio ; 

 and the Hindoo "Fasting at the Door." (b) Primi- 



