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The Unwritten Law in Albania Reissue

Name: The Unwritten Law in Albania Reissue
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9781107586932
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Author: Margaret Hasluck; J. H. Hutton
ISBN: 9781107586932

Edited by Margaret Hasluck · J. H. Hutton

Cambridge University Press December 2015

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ISBN-13: 9781107586932
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: December 2015
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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Originally published posthumously in 1954, this book presents a study of the unwritten law of the Albanian mountain tribes by the renowned Scottish anthropologist, classical scholar and ethnographer Margaret Hasluck (1885-1948). In recording the legal aspects of tribal life, Hasluck also provides detailed information on the everyday existence of the tribes. Four chapters are given to the vendetta system, describing minutely the obligations of vengeance, the manner of conducting a feud, the degrees of expiation and the ways of ending. Other chapters give information about the daily life of the household; the laws governing the division of property; the administrative hierarchy; oaths, verdicts and penalties; theft and murder.

This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the writings of Hasluck, anthropology and the Albanian mountain tribes.

Preface J. E. Alderson

Introduction J. H. Hutton

1. The geographical framework

2. The unwritten law in outline

3. The Albanian house

4. The Albanian household

5. The master of the house

6. The separation of brothers

7. The law of the dog

8. Roads

9. Boundaries

10. Pasturage

11. Bajraktars

12. Elders

13. The administration of justice

14. General assemblies

15. Assemblies and their work

16. The oath. I. Oath-taker and compurgators

17. The oath. II. The oath-taking

18. The oath. III. Verdict and penalties

19. Witness (Kepucar)

20. Theft as a crime

21. Murder within the family

22. Blood feud. I. Family vengeance and collective vengeance

23. Blood feud. II. Course of the feud

24. Blood feud. III. Expiator and expiation

25. Blood feud. IV. Peace-making

Appendix. Laws passed at general assemblies, translated from the original Albanian

Index.

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