1st Edition

Crime and Custom in Savage Society

By Bronislaw Malinowski Copyright 2013
158 Pages
by Routledge

158 Pages
by Routledge

157 Pages
by Routledge

Crime and Custom in Savage Society represents Bronislaw Malinowski's major discussion of the relationship between law and society. Throughout his career he constructed a coherent science of anthropology, one modeled on the highest standards of practice and theory. Methodology steps forward as a core element of the refashioned anthropology, one that stipulates the manner in which anthropological... Read more
Preface Introduction to the Transaction Edition Introduction PART I.Primitive Law and Order 1The Automatic Submission to Custom and the Real Problem 2Melanesian Economics and the Theory of Primitive Communism 3The Binding Force of Economic Obligations 4Reciprocity and Dual Organization 5Law, Self-interest, and Social Ambition 6The Rules of Law in Religious Acts 7The Law of Marriage 8The Principle of Give-and-take Pervading Tribal Life

Biography

Russell Smith, Bronislaw Malinowski