| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 357 pages) |
| Contents |
pt. I. The study of primitive law. The cultural background of law ; What is law? ; Methods and techniques ; Fundamental legal concepts as applied in the study of primitive law -- pt. II. Primitive law-ways. The Eskimo: rudimentary law in a primitive anarchy ; The Ifugao: private law in northern Luzon ; Comanche, Kiowa, and Cheyenne: Plains Indian law in development ; The Trobriand Islanders: primitive law as seen by Bronislaw Malinowski ; The Ashanti: constitutional monarchy and the triumph of public law -- pt. III. Law and society. Religion, magic and law ; The functions of law ; The trend of law |
| Summary |
P.301-309; Central Australian natives - elders and legal action, punishments for theft, adultery, incest, revelation of secret law, promiscuity (case cited (Roheim)); Murngin warfare (quotes Warner), expiatory combats and regulated fights |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-349) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Customary law.
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Anthropology.
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anthropology.
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LAW -- Customary.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- Comparative.
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Customary law
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Primitive societies.
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Feuds and warfare -- Avenging
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Sex relations -- Extramarital
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Sex relations -- Child sexual abuse -- Incest
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Arnhem Land (NT)
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South Central Northern Territory (NT)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780674038707 |
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0674038703 |
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