%0 Journal Article
%T study of native court records as a method of ethnological inquiry
%A Hall, R. de Z. (Robert de Zouche)
%J Africa
%D 1938
%V Vol. 11
%I Oxford University Press
%C London
%@ 0001-9720
%G English
%F fo58-003
%O R DeZ. Hall
%O 116s present; LOC search performed 9/13/05; ; this document was originally included in (E04) FO42 Rundi file 8:Hall;
%X This source deals with the various aspects of native law and custom as revealed by the study of native court records.  The author studied these records from the court book of Bugufi, a chiefdom in the north-west section of Tanganyika during the time he was stationed in the region from 1929-31.  In all, 850 cases were examined, starting with the year 1924 and ending in 1930.  In general, most of this study deals with marital cases--broken obligations, return of the bride price, and the termination of the marriage, as recorded in the court book.  Many illustrative cases are quoted in the study to point out the workings of native law and moral custom.
%K Rundi (African people)
%K Barundi
%K Pastoral activities
%K Chief executive
%K Real property
%K Ethnic stratification
%K Manipulative mobility
%K Advisers to the chief executive
%K Legal norms
%K Arranging a marriage
%K Sex and marital offenses
%K Nonfulfillment of obligations
%K Mode of marriage
%K Basis of marriage
%K Initiation of judicial proceedings
%K Sanctions
%K Termination of marriage
%U https://ehrafworldcultures.yale.edu/document?id=fo58-003
%P 412-426
%[ 2022-06-30