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Crisis of governance in Maya Guatemala : indigenous responses to a failing state / edited by John P. Hawkins, James H. McDonald, and Walter Randolph Adams

Author:
Hawkins, John Palmer 1946-  Search this
McDonald, James H.  Search this
Adams, Walter Randolph  Search this
Physical description:
xiv, 303 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Guatemala
Date:
2013
1985-
Topic:
Mayas--Government relations  Search this
Mayas--Politics and government  Search this
Mayas--Social conditions  Search this
Politics and government  Search this
Social conditions  Search this
Race relations  Search this
Data Source:
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Sukuma law and custom With a foreword by J. P. Moffett

Author:
Cory, Hans  Search this
Physical description:
xxiii, 194 p 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Tanzania
Date:
1970
1953
Topic:
Customary law  Search this
Law, Sukuma  Search this
Droit bantou  Search this
Law, Bantu  Search this
Call number:
DT442.5 .C83
DT442.5.C83
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_7023

Customary law of the Haya tribe, Tanganyika territory by Hans Cory & M. M. Hartnoll

Author:
Cory, Hans  Search this
Author:
Hartnoll, M. M.  Search this
Physical description:
299 p 27 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Tanzania
Date:
1970
1945
Topic:
Customary law  Search this
Law, Haya  Search this
Droit haya  Search this
Call number:
DT433.245.H38 C83 1970
DT433.245.H38C83 1970
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edanmdm:siris_sil_7281

Tribal innovators Tswana chiefs and social change, 1795-1940 by I. Schapera

Title:
Tswana chiefs and social change, 1795-1940
Author:
Schapera, Isaac 1905-2003  Search this
Physical description:
xii, 278 pages, 9 plates illustrations, map, ports 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Botswana
Date:
1970
Topic:
Customary law  Search this
Tswana (Peuple d'Afrique)  Search this
15.80 history of Africa  Search this
Botswana  Search this
customary law  Search this
Law, Tswana  Search this
Leadership  Search this
Legislators  Search this
social change  Search this
Social change  Search this
traditional rulers  Search this
Tribal government  Search this
Tswana (African people)  Search this
Tswana  Search this
Sociale structuur  Search this
Tswana (volk)  Search this
Call number:
GN4 .L84 no. 43
GN4.L84 no. 43
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_7413

Law's Indigenous ethics John Borrows

Author:
Borrows, John 1963-  Search this
Physical description:
viii, 381 pages 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Canada
Date:
2019
Topic:
Ojibwa law  Search this
Ojibwa Indians--Legal status, laws, etc  Search this
Customary law  Search this
Legal polycentricity  Search this
Legal ethics  Search this
Constitutional law  Search this
Droit ojibwa  Search this
Ojibwa (Indiens)--Droit--Législation  Search this
Avocats--Déontologie  Search this
Droit constitutionnel  Search this
Droit coutumier  Search this
Pluralisme juridique  Search this
Ojibwa--Legal status, laws, etc  Search this
Aboriginal Canadians--World view  Search this
Canada  Search this
Aboriginal peoples  Search this
Ethics  Search this
Native title  Search this
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edanmdm:siris_sil_1163033

Law and authority in a Nigerian tribe : a study in indirect rule / by C.K. Meek. With a foreword by Lord Lugard

Author:
Meek, C. K (Charles Kingsley),) 1885-1965  Search this
Physical description:
xvi, 372 pages : illustrations, maps (part folded) ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Nigeria
Date:
1970
1937
Topic:
Customary law  Search this
Law, Primitive  Search this
Ibo (Peuple d'Afrique)  Search this
Igbo (African people)  Search this
Call number:
DT515.42 .M39 1970X
DT515.42.M39 1970X
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_5078

Law in culture and society edited by Laura Nader

Author:
Nader, Laura  Search this
Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research  Search this
Physical description:
ix, 454 pages maps 25 cm
Type:
Books
Conference papers and proceedings
History
Date:
1969
Topic:
Customary law  Search this
Ethnological jurisprudence  Search this
Jurisprudence--History  Search this
Law--History  Search this
Droit--Histoire  Search this
Ethnologie juridique  Search this
Jurisprudence  Search this
Law  Search this
Conflictmanagement  Search this
Niet-westerse volken  Search this
Wetten  Search this
Call number:
GN493 .L416
GN493.L416
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_3294

Phoenix, AZ: Convention Resolutions

Collection Creator:
National Congress of American Indians  Search this
Container:
Box 4, Folder 9
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1953
Collection Restrictions:
Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Collection Rights:
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish or broadbast materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiarchives@si.edu.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Collection Title, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
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National Congress of American Indians records
National Congress of American Indians records / Series 1: NCAI Conventions and Mid-year Conferences
Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4e4393ddc-8538-43f9-8508-d930f9947c05
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-010-ref74
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Omaha, NE: Resolutions and Policy Statements

Collection Creator:
National Congress of American Indians  Search this
Container:
Box 5, Folder 13
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1954
Collection Restrictions:
Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Collection Rights:
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish or broadbast materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiarchives@si.edu.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Collection Title, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
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National Congress of American Indians records
National Congress of American Indians records / Series 1: NCAI Conventions and Mid-year Conferences
Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
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ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-010-ref93
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Ideas and procedures in African customary law studies presented and discussed at the Eighth International African Seminar at the Haile Sellassie I University, Addis Ababa, January 1966 Edited by Max Gluckman, with an introduction by A. N. Allott, A. L. Epstein, and M. Gluckman

Author:
International African Seminar (8th : 1966 : Haile Sellassie I University)  Search this
Gluckman, Max 1911-1975  Search this
Haile Sellassie I University  Search this
International African Institute  Search this
Physical description:
xiii, 361 pages 23 cm
Type:
Books
Actes de congrès
Conference papers and proceedings
Place:
Africa
Date:
1969
Topic:
Customary law  Search this
Gewoonterecht  Search this
Call number:
GN493.4.A2 I611 1966
GN493.4.A2I611 1966
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_630

Ifugao law With a new foreword by Fred Eggan

Author:
Barton, Roy Franklin 1883-1947  Search this
Subject:
Ifugaos  Search this
Physical description:
xviii, [6], 120 pages map, 26 plates 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Philippines
Date:
1969
1919
Topic:
Customary law  Search this
Ethnology  Search this
Droit primitif  Search this
Ethnologie  Search this
Ifugao (Peuple des Philippines)  Search this
Ifugao (Philippine people)  Search this
Law, Primitive  Search this
Ifugao (volk)  Search this
Recht  Search this
Call number:
DS666.I15 B29 1969
DS666.I15B29 1969
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_648

Justice and judgment among the Tiv

Author:
Bohannan, Paul  Search this
Author:
International African Institute  Search this
Physical description:
xx, 221 pages illustrations 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Nigeria, Northern
Nigeria (Nord)
Northern Nigeria
Date:
1968
Topic:
Customary law courts  Search this
Customary law  Search this
Law, Tiv  Search this
Droit primitif  Search this
Droit tiv  Search this
Tiv (Peuple d'Afrique)  Search this
Tribunaux coutumiers  Search this
Tiv (African people)  Search this
Call number:
GN493 .B67j 1968
GN493.B67j 1968
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_569

Family matters feminist concepts in African philosophy of culture Nkiru Uwechia Nzegwu

Author:
Nzegwu, Nkiru  Search this
Physical description:
x, 319 pages 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Nigeria
Ibo
Date:
2006
Topic:
Kinship  Search this
Women, Igbo--Social conditions  Search this
Philosophy, Igbo  Search this
Sex role  Search this
Families  Search this
Patrilineal kinship  Search this
Feminist theory  Search this
Ibo (Peuple d'Afrique)--Parenté  Search this
Femmes ibo--Conditions sociales  Search this
Philosophie ibo  Search this
Rôle selon le sexe  Search this
Familles  Search this
Filiation patrilinéaire  Search this
Théorie féministe  Search this
Patriarchat  Search this
Feministische Philosophie  Search this
Familie  Search this
Frau  Search this
Igbo (African people)--Kinship  Search this
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1153025

Women and custom in Namibia cultural practice versus gender equality? edited by Oliver C. Ruppel

Author:
Ruppel, Oliver Christian 1969-  Search this
Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (Namibia)  Search this
Physical description:
228 pages illustrations 24 cm
Type:
Books
Aufsatzsammlung
Place:
Namibia
Namibie
Namibië
Date:
2008
Topic:
Women's rights  Search this
Women--Legal status, laws, etc  Search this
Customary law  Search this
Femmes--Droits  Search this
Namibia  Search this
women's rights  Search this
customary law  Search this
86.81 human rights  Search this
Tradition  Search this
Geschlechterrolle  Search this
Gleichberechtigung  Search this
Frau  Search this
Mensenrechten  Search this
Vrouwen  Search this
Gewoonterecht  Search this
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1156039

Essai sur quelques notions de morale théorique en pays diola (Basse-Casamance)

Author:
Thomas, Louis-Vincent 1922-1994  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Senegal
Casamance
Date:
1957
Topic:
Ethics, Diola  Search this
Customary law  Search this
Call number:
QH3 .B936b
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_753975

Some reflections son the relation of law to social anthropology / by H. M. G. Jackson

Author:
Jackson, H. M. G  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Zimbabwe
Date:
1927
Topic:
Customary law  Search this
Call number:
DT962 .N126
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1055211

Des hiérarchies et des droits fonciers dans l'Afrique noire traditionnelle / par Grégoire Madjarian

Author:
Madjarian, Grégoire  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Africa
Date:
1983
Topic:
Customary law  Search this
Call number:
DT1 .N911
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1057549

Can a native make a will? : concepts of testate succession in native law / by Charles Bullock

Author:
Bullock, Charles  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Zimbabwe
Date:
1929
Topic:
Customary law  Search this
Law, Shona  Search this
Call number:
DT962 .N126
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1054397

Lo bilong yumi yet = law and custom in Melanesia / Bernard Narokobi ; editors, Ron Crocombe, John May and Paul Roche

Author:
Narokobi, Bernard  Search this
Crocombe, R. G  Search this
May, John III  Search this
Roche, Paul  Search this
Physical description:
vi, 173 p. ; 21 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Melanesia
Papua New Guinea
Date:
1989
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Law  Search this
Customary law  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Call number:
DU490 .N23 1989
DU490.N23 1989
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_389031

Usos e costumes jurídicos dos Fulas da Guiné Portuguesa ; ensaio / Artur Augusto da Silva

Author:
Silva, Artur Augusto da  Search this
Centro de Estudos da Guiné Portuguesa  Search this
Physical description:
139 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Guinea-Bissau
Date:
1958
Topic:
Customary law  Search this
Fulani  Search this
Call number:
DT543.45.F84 S58 1958
DT543.45.F84S58 1958
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_380797

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