CONTENTS 
PART 1 
The Study of Primitive Law 
THE CULTURAL BACKGROUND OF LAW 
WHAT IS LAW? 
METHODS AND TECHNIQUES 
FUNDAMENTAL LEGAL CONCEPTS AS AP- 
PLIED IN THE STUDY OF PRIMITIVE LAW 
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PART 11 
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 17 
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Law and Society 
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RELIGION, MAGIC AND LAW 
THE FUNCTIONS OF LAW 
THE TREND OF THE LAW 
BIBLIOGRAPHY 
INDEX 
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