Law and Warfare | Studies in the Anthropology of Conflict
Author - Paul Bohannan
Year published - 1967
Published by - Natural History Ress
Book Format - Soft Cover
Genre - Law, Business, Economics, and the Military.
Summary
World wide survey of conflict; p.11-12; Social equilibrium restored among Aborigines by means of regulated combat, nearest weapons to hand used by Gringal tribe, fixed number of spears thrown, offender to protect himself with shield, Kurnai ritual combat after death due to magic; accompanied by special songs, tribal elders as enforcement agency; p.19-20; Little formal procedure in Australia, power in hands of older men, council rather than court; p.23; Life taken not always that of slayer, any member of slayers group may be taken.
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Author - Paul Bohannan
Year published - 1967
Published by - Natural History Ress
Book Format - Soft Cover
Genre - Law, Business, Economics, and the Military.
Summary
World wide survey of conflict; p.11-12; Social equilibrium restored among Aborigines by means of regulated combat, nearest weapons to hand used by Gringal tribe, fixed number of spears thrown, offender to protect himself with shield, Kurnai ritual combat after death due to magic; accompanied by special songs, tribal elders as enforcement agency; p.19-20; Little formal procedure in Australia, power in hands of older men, council rather than court; p.23; Life taken not always that of slayer, any member of slayers group may be taken.
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Author - Paul Bohannan
Year published - 1967
Published by - Natural History Ress
Book Format - Soft Cover
Genre - Law, Business, Economics, and the Military.
Summary
World wide survey of conflict; p.11-12; Social equilibrium restored among Aborigines by means of regulated combat, nearest weapons to hand used by Gringal tribe, fixed number of spears thrown, offender to protect himself with shield, Kurnai ritual combat after death due to magic; accompanied by special songs, tribal elders as enforcement agency; p.19-20; Little formal procedure in Australia, power in hands of older men, council rather than court; p.23; Life taken not always that of slayer, any member of slayers group may be taken.
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