Book
Fundamental principles of Mongolian law
K. Paul, Trench, Trnbner & Co., Ltd. • London • Published In 1937 • Pages:
By: Riasanovsky, Valentin Aleksandrovich.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a scholarly historical-ethnographic analysis of the major records of Mongol Law, extending from earliest accounts of the Great Mongol Empire to the period of Autonomous Outer Mongolia (1911-1924). Additional information on the period 1924-1936 is given in the Introduction. The contents of the Great Yassa (Yassak) of Chinggis Khan and his Maxims, the Tsaadjin-Bichik, the Mongol Oirat Regulations of 1640 with subsequent modifications, the Khalkha-Djirom, the Codes of 1789, 1815, etc. are discussed in detail as stages in the evolution of Mongol society, with special emphasis on the basic cultural institutions of the Northern Mongols (Khalkha), Oirat, Buryat, and Kalmyk. The author attempts to determine what elements of Mongol Law were derived from custom, from decree or outside influences, examining in the latter connection the reciprocal influences of Chinese-Mongolian and Mongolian-Russian legal concepts and institutions. Treatment of the materials studied tends to be somewhat diffuse. An extensive bibliography is supplied throughout the text and at the end of the book.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- History
- Legal norms
- Offenses and sanctions
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Mongolia
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2006
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Central Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Social Scientist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Jack Crane ; 1955
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- No date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1206-1924
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- China, Mongolia, and Russia
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] Aleksandrovich Valentin Riasanovsky
- Includes bibliography
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mongols--Law/Mongols--History