Cover page; Halftitle page; Title page; Copyright page; Title page; Copyright page; PREFACE TO THE SECOND IMPRESSION; PREFACE TO THE FIRST IMPRESSION; CONTENTS; REGISTER OF CASES; PLATES; CHAPTER I THE PEOPLE AND THE PROBLEM; CHAPTER II THE GRADE -- D COURT; I . THE DUAL MANDATE; II. PERSONNEL AND ORGANIZATION OF A GRADE -- D COURT IN TIVLAND; III. MBADUKU JIR; CHAPTER III A DAY IN COURT; CHAPTER IV THE STRUCTURE OF THE JIR; I. INTRODUCTION; II. CALLING A JIR; III. OATHS AND WITNESSES; IV. INVESTIGATING THE JIR; V. ENDING (KURE) THE JIR; VI. CONCLUSION; CHAPTER V TIV MARRIAGE JIR
I . SCRIBES' RECORDS OF' CIVIL CASES'II. LITIGANTS IN MARRIAGE JIR; III. THE SUBSTANCE OF MARRIAGE JIR; IV. MARRIAGE IN THE JIR; V. THE JIR IN MARRIAGE; CHAPTER VI DEBT JIR; I. DEBT AND LIVESTOCK; II. DEBT AND PAWNING; III. CONCLUSION; CHAPTER VII 'CRIMINAL' JIR AND THE PROBLEM OF SELF-HELP; I. CRIMINAL JIR IN MBADUKU; II. THE TIV CLASSIFICATION OF 'WRONGS'; III. THE INSTITUTIONS OF SELF-HELP; IV. SELF-HELP: ENFORCEMENT OF RIGHTS AND REPRISAL; V. CRIMES SETTLED BY HIGHER COURTS; VI. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; CHAPTER VIII MARKET JIR AND AGE-SET J I R; I. MARKET JIR; II. AGE-SET JIR
Summary
Since publication in 1957 the importance of Bohannan's study of judicial institutions and procedures among the Tiv has been widely recognized. It has contributed widely to the continuing discussion concerning the objectives and methods to be followed in the anthropological study of law and the contribution this makes to comparative jurisprudence. the work describes and defines Tiv ideas of 'law' as expressed in the operations of their courts known as Jir. The analysis is based on and illustrated by numerous cases which the author attended and discussed with leaders in the Jir
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Notes
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 22, 2018)
