book chapter

The pledging of persons as security for debts in ancient Annamese law

Les éditions Domat-Montchrestien, F. Loviton et CieParisPublished In 1933 • Pages:

By: Dang, Trinh Ky.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a detailed analysis of Annamese legislation dealing with various aspects of the pledging of labor for the payment of debts. It includes a brief historical summary of French legislation dealing with indebtedness. Annamese law dealing with the whole area of debts, regulation of wages, and treatment of hired or indentured labor is discussed.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Acculturation and culture contact
Borrowing and lending
Labor relations
Slavery
Household
Family relationships
Legal norms
Contracts
Nonfulfillment of obligations
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Vietnamese
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2000
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Asia
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Southeast Asia
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
book chapter
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Indigenous Person
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.
3: Good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Patricia H. Snyder ; 1951: John Beierle ; 2006
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
not specified
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
central (TRUNG BO) Vietnam
NotesAdditional notes
[by] Dang Trinh Ky
Thesis (Ph.D.) - University of Paris, 1933
Translation of: [Le nantissement des personnes dans l'ancien droit annamite]
This document consists of excerpts
Includes bibliography
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Vietnamese