book chapter
Law at the village level: the Cottica Djuka of Surinam
Law in culture and society • Chicago • Published In 1969 • Pages: 117-140
By: Köbben, A. J. F..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this article, Köbben examines the 'teeth' of Ndyuka law. Ndyuka law lacks the authority and physical sanctions associated with law in the West. One exception is the case of adultery, when the aggrieved husband has the right to beat the violator when caught. Fines are then assessed at a subsequent trial. Cases are tried in a meeting, or palaver, of village elders. Public rebuke in a palaver is another form of sanction although not an entirely effective one. One effective means of social control is for a wronged party to successfully get redress at a later date when they are in a position to do so.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Police
- Informal in-group justice
- Offenses against the person
- Sex and marital offenses
- Litigation
- Initiation of judicial proceedings
- Trial procedure
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Ndyuka
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1999
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- South America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Amazon and Orinoco
- 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.
- 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 ; 1997
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1961-1962
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1950-1963
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Suriname
- NotesAdditional notes
- A. J. F. Köbben
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 68008157
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Djuka people