In a discussion about this practice in relation to Political Freedom, de Tocqueville's Democracy in America argues that this practice is incompatible with its free acquisition, and it also sacrifices the "interests of the widow.
According to James Fraser's Foklore in the Old Testament, the Hebrews started this practice once they "exchanged their nomadic life of herdsman" with that of the "settled life of peasants," leading him to conclude Jakob did no wrong to Esau. In a discussion about this practice in relation to Political Freedom, de Tocqueville's Democracy in America argues that this practice is incompatible with its free acquisition, and it also sacrifices the "interests of the widow." This practice stands in direct opposition to the (*) proximity of blood approach. The law of entail was an English law forcing  men to follow this practice, and that law was abolished the Property Act. In Salic Law, females were excluded from the methods behind the agnatic form of this practice. For 10 points, name this simple practice of distributing a family's own property to the first born child, as distinguished from ultimogeniture.
According to James Fraser's Foklore in the Old Testament, the Hebrews started this practice once they "exchanged their nomadic life of herdsman" with that of the "settled life of peasants," leading him to conclude Jakob did no wrong to Esau.
{Primogeniture} [accept before {hand} first {born children gets everything}, {everyone else gets screwed}]