book chapter
Toward the codification of customary law
Congo • 9 (1) • Published In 1928 • Pages: 24-29 [incomplete]
By: Lotar, L..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Lotar in this article analyzes the Azande system of adoption, comparing it with those of the west, describing the reasons for adoption and the obligations of those involved.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Adoption
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Azande
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1999
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Central Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- book chapter
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Margaret Coughlin ; 1950
- 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)
- Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Central African Republic; Africa
- NotesAdditional notes
- L. Lotar
- This document consists of excerpts
- Translation of: Pour la codification du droit coutumier
- The original French text is not included
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Zande (African people)