ISBN:
9781412849784
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (159 p)
Series Statement:
Law, Culture, and Society v.1
Parallel Title:
Print version Crime and Custom in Savage Society
DDC:
306
Keywords:
Social control
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Electronic books
Abstract:
"[A] stimulating contribution to the study of law and order in a primitive society." -I. Schapera, Man The best lesson Malinowski provides us with comes in the last paragraphs of Crime and Custom in Savage Society: ""The true problem is not to study how human life submits to rules; the real problem is how the rules become adapted to life."" On that question, he has left us richly inspired to continue the quest. "Brilliant, weighted with many concrete facts, illustrated with graphic accounts of Melanesian crimes and tragedies, and illuminated with the clear insight of one who knows these pe
Abstract:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction to the Transaction Edition -- Introduction -- PART I. Primitive Law and Order -- 1 The Automatic Submission to Custom and the Real Problem -- 2 Melanesian Economics and the Theory of Primitive Communism -- 3 The Binding Force of Economic Obligations -- 4 Reciprocity and Dual Organization -- 5 Law, Self-interest, and Social Ambition -- 6 The Rules of Law in Religious Acts -- 7 The Law of Marriage -- 8 The Principle of Give-and-take Pervading Tribal Life -- 9 Reciprocity as the Basis of Social Structure
Abstract:
10 The Rules of Custom Defined and Classified -- 11 An Anthropological Definition of Law -- 12 Specific Legal Arrangements -- 13 Conclusion and Forecast -- PART II. Primitive Crime and its Punishment -- 1 The Law in Breach and the Restoration of Order -- 2 Sorcery and Suicide as Legal Influences -- 3 Systems of Law in Conflict -- 4 The Factors of Social Cohesion in a Primitive Tribe -- Index
Description / Table of Contents:
""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction to the Transaction Edition""; ""Introduction""; ""PART I. Primitive Law and Order""; ""1 The Automatic Submission to Custom and the Real Problem""; ""2 Melanesian Economics and the Theory of Primitive Communism""; ""3 The Binding Force of Economic Obligations""; ""4 Reciprocity and Dual Organization""; ""5 Law, Self-interest, and Social Ambition""; ""6 The Rules of Law in Religious Acts""; ""7 The Law of Marriage""; ""8 The Principle of Give-and-take Pervading Tribal Life""
Description / Table of Contents:
""9 Reciprocity as the Basis of Social Structure""""10 The Rules of Custom Defined and Classified""; ""11 An Anthropological Definition of Law""; ""12 Specific Legal Arrangements""; ""13 Conclusion and Forecast""; ""PART II. Primitive Crime and its Punishment""; ""1 The Law in Breach and the Restoration of Order""; ""2 Sorcery and Suicide as Legal Influences""; ""3 Systems of Law in Conflict""; ""4 The Factors of Social Cohesion in a Primitive Tribe""; ""Index""
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