The law of primitive man a study in comparative legal dynamics - Hoebel, E. Adamson (Edward Adamson) 1906- ,eauthor (Cambridge, Massachusetts Harvard University Press, 1967)
Pt. I. The study of primitive law. The cultural background of law ; What is law? ; Methods and techniques ; Fundamental legal concepts as applied in the study of primitive law -- Pt. II. Primitive law-ways. The Eskimo: rudimentary law in a primitive anarchy ; The Ifugao: private law in northern Luzon ; Comanche, Kiowa, and Cheyenne: Plains Indian law in development ; The Trobriand Islanders: primitive law as seen by Bronislaw Malinowski ; The Ashanti: constitutional monarchy and the triumph of public law -- Pt. III. Law and society. Religion, magic and law ; The functions of law ; The trend of law.
Includes bibliographical references ([335]-349) and index.
Keywords: Law, Primitive