The law of primitive man : a study in comparative legal dynamics /

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hoebel, E. Adamson (Edward Adamson), 1906-1993
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1967, ©1954.
Subjects:
Customary law.
Anthropology.
Homme primitif.
Droit coutumier.
Anthropologie.
anthropology.
LAW > Customary.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Comparative.
Customary law
Primitive societies.
Feuds and warfare > Avenging.
Sex relations > Extramarital.
Sex relations > Child sexual abuse > Incest.
Arnhem Land (NT)
South Central Northern Territory (NT)
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.

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