The law of primitive man
Subtitle: a study in comparative legal dynamics
By: E. Adamson Hoebel.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 1967
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 357
Subjects: Law, Primitive
Notes: Bibliography: p. [335]-349.
Table of contents: title: 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.