Law in Culture and Society

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ISBN: 9780520208339 | 0520208331
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Copyright: 4/1/1997

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As conflict resolution becomes increasingly important to urban and rural peoples around the globe, the value of this classic anthology of studies of process, structure, comparison, and perception of the law is acclaimed by policy makers as well as anthropologists throughout the world. The case studies include evidence from Africa, Europe, the Americas, and Oceania, and they reflect the important shift from a concern with what law is to what law does.

Preface to the Paperback Edition

(3)

Preface

viii

Introduction

(10)

Laura Nader

PART I CASE STUDIES OF LAW IN NON-WESTERN SOCIETIES

(158)

Introduction

(13)

P. H. GULLIVER

Dispute Settlement Without Courts: The Ndendeuli of Southern Tanzania

(45)

P. H. Gulliver

Styles of Court Procedure: To Make the Balance

(23)

Laura Nader

Keresan Pueblo Law

(25)

E. Adamson Hoebel

Law at the Village Level: The Cottica Djuka of Surinam

117

(24)

Andre J.

F. Kobben

Ontology of the Judicial Thought of the Kabre of Northern Togo

141

(6)

Raymond Verdier

Struck by Speech: The Yakan Concept of Litigation

147

(22)

Charles O. Frake

PART II LAW AND INNOVATION IN NON-WESTREN SOCIETIES

169

(104)

Introduction

169

(7)

JAMES L. GIBBS, JR.

Law and Personality: Signposts for a New Direction

176

(32)

James L. Gibbs, Jr.

Structural Change and Primitive Law: Consequences of a Papuan Legal Case

208

(22)

Leopold Pospisil

Uniformity and Variation in Chief-Made Law: A Tswana Case Study

230

(15)

Isaac Schapera

Constitutional Ambiguities and the British Administration of Royal Careers Among the Bemba of Zambia

245

(28)

Richard P. Werbner

PART III CASE STUDIES OF LAW IN WESTERN SOCIETIES

273

(64)

Introduction

273

(9)

VILHELM AUBERT

Law as a Way of Resolving Conflicts: The Case of a Small Industrialized Society

282

(22)

VILHELM AUBERT

The Offer of a Free Home: A Case Study in the Family Law of the Poor

304

(23)

Herma H. Kay

Cases, Courts, and Congestion

327

(10)

Gresham M. Sykes

PART IV COMPARATIVE STUDIES

337

(82)

Introduction

337

(12)

SALLY FALK MOORE

Concepts in the Comparative Study of Tribal Law

349

(25)

Max Gluckman

Descent and Legal Position

374

(27)

Sally Falk Moore

Ethnography and Comparison in Legal Anthropology

401

(18)

Paul Bohannan

Bibliography

419

(21)

Contributors

440

(4)

Index

444

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