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Dead Man's Kin
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homocide
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Legitimization Fees
Leopard Skin Chief
Lou Nuer
Magical Experts
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Married Woman
Nuer Case
Nuer Chiefs
Nuer Court
Nuer Law
Nuer Society
Nuer Tribes
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Spirit Medicines
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Western Nuer
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Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9781138584693
- Weight: 544g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 22 Aug 2018
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Originally published in 1954 this book was originally designed for administrators but has become a key title for anthropologists. It includes a summary account of the history and social organisation of the Nuer and provides a descriptive analysis of their customary practices concerning homicide, blood-feuds, marriage and divorce and the settlement of disputes by arbitration and the award of compensation. It shows how in the first half of the twentieth century, as a result of administrative action and in particular the establishment of 'Chiefs' Courts' a system of law developed, which although based on customary procedures, introduced many concepts which were quite unknown to the Nuer in the past.
