Explanation:

- The quote "the movement of progressive societies has hitherto been a movement from status to contract" was indeed propounded by Henry Maine.

- Option 1: Savigny - Friedrich Carl von Savigny was a German legal scholar known for the Historical School of Law, focusing on the cultural and historical roots of existing laws rather than change.

- Option 2: Maine - Henry Maine, a legal historian, authored "Ancient Law" and discussed societal progress as a shift from relationships based on social status to those based on legal contracts.

- Option 3: Puchta - Georg Friedrich Puchta contributed to legal philosophy and was aligned with Savigny's Historical School but did not focus on contract theory.

- Option 4: Ihering - Rudolf von Jhering emphasized the role of societal needs in developing law but is not associated with Maine's contract theory.