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The study of native court records as a method of ethnological inquiry
Africa • 11 • Published In 1938 • Pages: 412-426
By: Hall, R. de Z. (Robert de Zouche).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source deals with the various aspects of native law and custom as revealed by the study of native court records. The author studied these records from the court book of Bugufi, a chiefdom in the north-west section of Tanganyika during the time he was stationed in the region from 1929-31. In all, 850 cases were examined, starting with the year 1924 and ending in 1930. In general, most of this study deals with marital cases--broken obligations, return of the bride price, and the termination of the marriage, as recorded in the court book. Many illustrative cases are quoted in the study to point out the workings of native law and moral custom.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Pastoral activities
- Chief executive
- Real property
- Ethnic stratification
- Manipulative mobility
- Advisers to the chief executive
- Legal norms
- Arranging a marriage
- Sex and marital offenses
- Nonfulfillment of obligations
- Mode of marriage
- Basis of marriage
- Initiation of judicial proceedings
- Sanctions
- Termination of marriage
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Barundi
- 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
- Central 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.
- 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 ; 1960
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1929-1931
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1929-1938
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Burundi
- NotesAdditional notes
- R DeZ. Hall
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 29010790
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Rundi (African people)