essay
Texts of the consuetudinary law of the Marrehân Somali
Somalia, scritti vari editi ed inediti • 2 • Published In 1959 • Pages: HRAF Ms: 18 [original:75-86 ]
By: Cerulli, Enrico, Biancani, Piero.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this study the relationship between lower and higher castes as well as between masters and slaves, among certain Somali groups are discussed. Crime within a family, which includes slaves, is not punishable by the tribe.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Social stratification
- Legal norms
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Somali
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1997
- 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
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Lawyer
- Social Scientist
- 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
- Sigrid Khera, John Beierle ; 1971-1972
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1917
- 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)
- Somalia, Djibouti, and southeastern Ethiopia
- NotesAdditional notes
- Enrico Cerulli
- Translation of: Testi di diritto consuetudinario dei Somali Marrehân.
- The original Italian text is not included
- Translated for the HRAF files by Piero Biancani
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 60024993
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Somalis