Book
Traditions and modernity in matrilineal tribal society
Inter-India Publications • New Delhi, India • Published In 1997 • Pages: 200
By: Marak, Kumie R..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This book is a study of Garo law based on participant observation, interviews, and case records. The legal system recognizes to some extent Garo customary law practiced within the homes, clans, and villages and presided over by clan and village elders. Customary law deals mostly with inheritance and succession issues. More serious crimes such as murder are tried within the district court system. Disputes between clans or villages often end up in the district court. The author discovers that customary law consistantly respects clan ownership of land and its inheritance throught the female line, although male spouse do have rights to manage land. Disputes over land rights arise in cases of secondary or polygamous marriages. Marriage is regulated by the clan to insure that no clan property is alienated.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Real property
- Regulation of marriage
- Secondary marriages
- Clans
- Community heads
- Judicial authority
- Initiation of judicial proceedings
- Trial procedure
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Garo
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1999
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- South 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.
- Ethnologist
- 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
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; 1998
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- not specified
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1936-1986
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Garo Hills Autonomous District, Meghalaya State, India
- NotesAdditional notes
- Kumie R. Marak
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 186-194) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 97900413
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Garo (Indic people)