Structure and Function in Primitive Society (Classic Reprint): Essays and Addresses: Essays and Addresses (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Radcliffe-Brown, A. R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1330063155 ISBN 13: 9781330063156

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2018

Inhaltsangabe

Discover how ancient communities built law and order without modern courts.

In this examination of early societies, the book explains how public and private delicts were defined, decided, and punished. It shows how ritual sanctions, magic, and religion intertwined with early legal ideas to regulate behavior. The author surveys a range of cultures to reveal common patterns in how justice was organized in preliterate times. In Structure and Function in Primitive Society, the focus is on the origins and development of social sanctions and how they shaped community wellbeing.

What you’ll experience

• Clear distinctions between private delicts and public delicts, and how each was handled
• Examples of retaliatory sanctions, indemnities, and peacemaking rituals
• The idea that law grows from social needs and religious ideas, not just rules
• A methodical look at how anthropology compares different systems to explain their common features

Ideal for readers of anthropology, law, and social history who want an accessible view of how early justice operated.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Forgotten Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1330063155
• ISBN 13: 9781330063156
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 229
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