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Record Nr.

UNINA9910156502903321

Autore

Moyer David S.

Titolo

The logic of the laws : a structural analysis of Malay language legal codes from Bengkulu / / David S. Moyer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Brill, 1975

Hague, Netherlands : , : Martinus Nijhoff, , 1975

ISBN

90-04-28706-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 304 pages) : illustrations, maps; digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde ; ; 75

Disciplina

340.14

Soggetti

Anthropology

Law - Language

Malay language

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Sommario/riassunto

This study is directed towards providing basic background material for the understanding of South Sumatran social organisation. To this end, four legal codes from the first half of the nineteenth century are presented and analysed. The method used in the analysis is a modification of that used by Levi-Strauss for the analysis of myth.