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Author: Author's name as listed in Library of Congress records
Hall, R. de Z. (Robert de Zouche),
1904-1995
Title:
The study of native court records as a method of ethnological
inquiry
Published in: if part or section of a book or monograph
Africa -- Vol. 11
Published By: Original publisher
Africa -- Vol. 11
London: Oxford University Press. 1938. 412-426 p.
By line: Author's name as appearing in the actual publication
R DeZ. Hall
HRAF Publication Information: New Haven, Conn.:
Human Relations Area Files, 2010. Computer File
Culture: Culture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC) with the alphanumberic OWC identifier in parenthesis.
Barundi (FO58)
Subjects: Document-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Pastoral activities (233);
Chief executive (643);
Real property (423);
Ethnic stratification (563);
Manipulative mobility (557);
Advisers to the chief executive (645);
Legal norms (671);
Arranging a marriage (584);
Sex and marital offenses (684);
Nonfulfillment of obligations (686);
Mode of marriage (583);
Basis of marriage (581);
(435691);
Initiation of judicial proceedings (694);
Sanctions (681);
Termination of marriage (586);
Abstract: Brief 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.
Document Number: HRAF's in-house numbering system derived from the processing order of documents
3
Document ID: HRAF's unique document identifier. The first part is the OWC identifier and the second part is the document number in three digits.
fo58-003
Document Type: May include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs or chapters/parts of monographs.
Journal Article
Language: Language that the document is written in
English
Field Date: The date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1929-1931
Evaluation: In this alphanumeric code, the first part designates the type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigene, and so on. The second part is 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
Government Official-5
Analyst: The HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection.
John Beierle ; 1960
Coverage Date: The date or dates that the information in the document pertains to (often not the same as the field date).
1929-1938
Coverage Place: Location of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Burundi
LCSH: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Rundi (African people)
