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Judicial regulation and administrative control: customary law and the Nuer, 1898-1954
Journal of African history • 27 • Published In 1986 • Pages: 59-78
By: Johnson, Douglas H. (Douglas Hamilton).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this paper Johnson shows how the British attempted to administer and control Nuer and Dinka through a judicial system of secular leaders. The system failed because the leaders did not have the spiritual and moral authority beyond their immdediate kin.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Informal in-group justice
- Territorial hierarchy
- External relations
- Legal norms
- Judicial authority
- Prophets and ascetics
- Priesthood
- 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
- article
- 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 ; 2000
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1975-1991
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1898-1954
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- El Buheyrat, Jonglei, and Sobat Provices, Sudan
- NotesAdditional notes
- Douglas H. Johnson
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 63005723
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Nuer (African people)