Crime and Custom in Savage Society: [1926/1940]

Introduction; Part I PART I PRIMITIVE LAW AND ORDER; Chapter 1 I THE AUTOMATIC SUBMISSION TO CUSTOM AND THE REAL PROBLEM; Chapter 2 II MELANESIAN ECONOMICS AND THE THEORY OF PRIMITIVE COMMUNISM; Chapter 3 III THE BINDING FORCE OF ECONOMIC OBLIGATIONS; Chapter 4 IV RECIPROCITY AND DUAL ORGANIZATION; Chapter 5 V LAW, SELF-INTEREST, AND SOCIAL AMBITION; Chapter 6 VI THE RULES OF LAW IN RELIGIOUS ACTS; Chapter 7 VII THE LAW OF MARRIAGE; Chapter 8 VIII THE PRINCIPLE OF GIVE AND TAKE PERVADING TRIBAL LIFE; Chapter 9 IX RECIPROCITY AS THE BASIS OF SOCIAL STRUCTURE; Chapter 10 X THE RULES OF CUSTOM DEFINED AND CLASSIFIED; Chapter 11 XI AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL DEFINITION OF LAW; Chapter 12 XII SPECIFIC LEGAL ARRANGEMENTS; Chapter 13 XIII CONCLUSION AND FORECAST; Part II PART II PRIMITIVE CRIME AND ITS PUNISHMENT; Chapter 14 I THE LAW IN BREACH AND THE RESTORATION OF ORDER; Chapter 15 II SORCERY AND SUICIDE AS LEGAL INFLUENCES; Chapter 16 III SYSTEMS OF LAW IN CONFLICT; Chapter 17 IV THE FACTORS OF SOCIAL COHESION IN A PRIMITIVE TRIBEINDEX;

This volume discusses aspects of small scale societies, including the study of the mental processes, as well as indigenous economics and law.