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

© 2020 University of California Press, Berkeley

© 2020 University of California Press, Berkeley

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Contents III
  3. Preface to the Paperback Edition V
  4. Preface VIII
  5. Introduction 1
  6. PART I. CASE STUDIES OF LAW IN NON-WESTERN SOCIETIES
  7. Introduction 11
  8. Dispute Settlement Without Courts: The Ndendeuli of Southern Tanzania 24
  9. Styles of Court Procedure: To Make the Balance 69
  10. Keresan Pueblo Law 92
  11. Law at the Village Level: The Cottica Djuka of Surinam 117
  12. Ontology of the Judicial Thought of the Kahre of Northern Togo 141
  13. Struck by Speech: The Yakan Concept of Litigation 147
  14. PART II. LAW AND INNOVATION IN NON-WESTERN SOCIETIES
  15. Introduction 169
  16. Law and Personality: Signposts for a New Direction 176
  17. Structural Change and Primitive Law: Consequences of a Papuan Legal Case 208
  18. Uniformity and Variation in Chief-Made Law: A Tswana Case Study 230
  19. Constitutional Ambiguities and the British Administration of Royal Careers Among the Bemba of Zambia 245
  20. PART III. CASE STUDIES OF LAW IN WESTERN SOCIETIES
  21. Introduction 273
  22. Law as a Way of Resolving Conflicts: The Case of a Small Industrialized Society 282
  23. The Offer of a Free Home: A Case Study in the Family Law of the Poor 304
  24. Cases, Courts, and Congestion 327
  25. PART IV. COMPARATIVE STUDIES
  26. Introduction 337
  27. Concepts in the Comparative Study of Tribal Law 349
  28. Descent and Legal Position 374
  29. Ethnography and Comparison in Legal Anthropology 401
  30. Bibliography 419
  31. Contributors 440
  32. Name Index 444
Law in Culture and Society
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https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520341807-015

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Contents III
  3. Preface to the Paperback Edition V
  4. Preface VIII
  5. Introduction 1
  6. PART I. CASE STUDIES OF LAW IN NON-WESTERN SOCIETIES
  7. Introduction 11
  8. Dispute Settlement Without Courts: The Ndendeuli of Southern Tanzania 24
  9. Styles of Court Procedure: To Make the Balance 69
  10. Keresan Pueblo Law 92
  11. Law at the Village Level: The Cottica Djuka of Surinam 117
  12. Ontology of the Judicial Thought of the Kahre of Northern Togo 141
  13. Struck by Speech: The Yakan Concept of Litigation 147
  14. PART II. LAW AND INNOVATION IN NON-WESTERN SOCIETIES
  15. Introduction 169
  16. Law and Personality: Signposts for a New Direction 176
  17. Structural Change and Primitive Law: Consequences of a Papuan Legal Case 208
  18. Uniformity and Variation in Chief-Made Law: A Tswana Case Study 230
  19. Constitutional Ambiguities and the British Administration of Royal Careers Among the Bemba of Zambia 245
  20. PART III. CASE STUDIES OF LAW IN WESTERN SOCIETIES
  21. Introduction 273
  22. Law as a Way of Resolving Conflicts: The Case of a Small Industrialized Society 282
  23. The Offer of a Free Home: A Case Study in the Family Law of the Poor 304
  24. Cases, Courts, and Congestion 327
  25. PART IV. COMPARATIVE STUDIES
  26. Introduction 337
  27. Concepts in the Comparative Study of Tribal Law 349
  28. Descent and Legal Position 374
  29. Ethnography and Comparison in Legal Anthropology 401
  30. Bibliography 419
  31. Contributors 440
  32. Name Index 444
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