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Towards the judicial process: a Tallensi case
Social analysis • 22 • Published In 1987 • Pages: 132-146
By: Fortes, Meyer.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article discusses the judiciary roles of Tallensi clan heads as observed in extended ethnographic fieldwork in 1936. The focus is on cultural and political considerations affecting judiciary powers of clan heads whose legitimacy rested not only on local legal norms but also on the favors of the British colonial government. The author discusses these issues using rich information drawn from actual court cases involving cattle debt and interpersonal conflicts.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Special courts
- Community heads
- Legal norms
- Litigation
- Judicial authority
- Legal and judicial personnel
- Trial procedure
- Informal in-group justice
- Ethics
- Inter-community relations
- Social control
- External relations
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Tallensi
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Western Africa
- 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.
- Anthropologist
- 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
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2008
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1936
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1930-1936
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Tongo village, Ghana
- NotesAdditional notes
- Meyer Fortes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 146)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 89657469
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tallensi (African people)