essay
The Garo customary laws and the application of general laws in Garo Hills
Hill societies, their modernisation : a study of north east with special reference to Garo Hills • New Delhi • Published In 1995 • Pages: 61-68
By: Marak, Julius.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this paper, Marak discusses the administration of justice among the Garo. In the pre-British period, all cases were tried and settled by the village headmen (NOKMA) and their council. Wrongful acts consisted of any act which hurt or damaged a person's reputation or feelings. In the colonial period, the British forbade all retributive killing and some of the NOKMA's judicial powers were given to the newly established district officer (LASKER.) In the post-independence period, the Garo Hills was designated a 'Tribal Area' and the district council could enact its own laws, confering the status of law on customs. Villages continue to try violations of customary laws and minor crimes. More serious crimes are tried at the district council courts.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Districts
- Legal norms
- Judicial authority
- 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
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Government Official
- 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
- 1873-1989
- 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
- [Julius L. R. Marak]
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 68)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 95910488
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Garo (Indic people)