1st Edition

Crime and Custom in Savage Society [1926/1940]

By Malinowski Copyright 2002
    160 Pages
    by Routledge

    158 Pages
    by Routledge

    This volume discusses aspects of small scale societies, including the study of the mental processes, as well as indigenous economics and law.

    Introduction; Part I PART I PRIMITIVE LAW AND ORDER; Chapter 1 I THE AUTOMATIC SUBMISSION TO CUSTOM AND THE REAL PROBLEM; Chapter 2 II MELANESIAN ECONOMICS AND THE THEORY OF PRIMITIVE COMMUNISM; Chapter 3 III THE BINDING FORCE OF ECONOMIC OBLIGATIONS; Chapter 4 IV RECIPROCITY AND DUAL ORGANIZATION; Chapter 5 V LAW, SELF-INTEREST, AND SOCIAL AMBITION; Chapter 6 VI THE RULES OF LAW IN RELIGIOUS ACTS; Chapter 7 VII THE LAW OF MARRIAGE; Chapter 8 VIII THE PRINCIPLE OF GIVE AND TAKE PERVADING TRIBAL LIFE; Chapter 9 IX RECIPROCITY AS THE BASIS OF SOCIAL STRUCTURE; Chapter 10 X THE RULES OF CUSTOM DEFINED AND CLASSIFIED; Chapter 11 XI AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL DEFINITION OF LAW; Chapter 12 XII SPECIFIC LEGAL ARRANGEMENTS; Chapter 13 XIII CONCLUSION AND FORECAST; Part II PART II PRIMITIVE CRIME AND ITS PUNISHMENT; Chapter 14 I THE LAW IN BREACH AND THE RESTORATION OF ORDER; Chapter 15 II SORCERY AND SUICIDE AS LEGAL INFLUENCES; Chapter 16 III SYSTEMS OF LAW IN CONFLICT; Chapter 17 IV THE FACTORS OF SOCIAL COHESION IN A PRIMITIVE TRIBEINDEX;

    Biography

    Bronislaw Malinowski