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A Study of traditional adjudication in rural Bangladesh
Eastern anthropologist • 48 (2) • Published In 1995 • Pages: 177-184
By: Mashreque, Md. Shairul, Amin, M. Ruhul.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In Bangladesh the rural court system is considered to be a 'functional entity' and a custodian of rural political culture. It functions to resolve any conflict that may appear as a challenge to the authority or as a confrontation or interpersonal hostility (p. 177). This article tries to show how traditional mechanisms of control are reinforced through the rural courts. The authors also note that the administration of justice is often influenced by class status in the society.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Classes
- Informal in-group justice
- Towns
- Litigation
- Judicial authority
- Legal and judicial personnel
- Trial procedure
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Bengali
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2002
- 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
- article
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 2000
- 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)
- village of 'Ratanpar', Pabna district, northern Bangladesh
- NotesAdditional notes
- M. Shairul Mashreque and M. Ruhul Amin
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 184)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 59030548
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Bengalis