Book
A manual of Nuer law: being an account of customary law, its evolution and development in the courts established by the Sudan Government
Oxford University Press • London • Published In 1954 • Pages:
By: Howell, P. P. (Paul Philip).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Howell has written an outline and discussion of legal norms among the Nuer. After an introduction giving the historical and cultural background of the Nuer legal system, the book is divided into five chapters, discussing homicide and bodily injuries, marriage and divorce, the violation of rights of women, and property rights, with a concluding chapter on the nature of Nuer law. Throughout this book, legal norms, sanctions, and judicial authority are explained in terms of Nuer social and political structure. A glossary at the end of the book provides a useful key to the many Nuer expressions employed by the author.
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Nuer
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2002
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern Africa
- 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.
- Social 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.
- 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
- Arthur Fields ; 1953
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1942-1944
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1931-1952
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Jonglei Province, Sudan
- NotesAdditional notes
- by P. P. Howell
- 423/580/601/628/671/680/791
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-251) and index
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Nuer (African people)