PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- PART I The Study of Primitive Law -- 1 THE CULTURAL BACKGROUND OF LAW -- 2 WHAT IS LAW? -- 3 METHODS AND TECHNIQUES -- 4 FUNDAMENTAL LEGAL CONCEPTS AS APPLIED IN THE STUDY OF PRIMITIVE LAW -- PART II Primitive Law-ways -- 5 THE ESKIMO: RUDIMENTARY LAW IN A PRIMITIVE ANARCHY -- 6 THE IFUGAO: PRIVATE LAW IN NORTHERN LUZON -- 7 COMANCHE, KIOWA AND CHEYENNE: PLAINS INDIAN LAW IN DEVELOPMENT -- 8 THE TROBRIAND ISLANDERS: PRIMITIVE LAW AS SEEN BY BRONISLAW MALINOWSKI -- 9 THE ASHANTI: CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY AND THE TRIUMPH OF PUBLIC LAW -- PART III Law and Society -- 10 RELIGION, MAGIC AND LAW -- 11 THE FUNCTIONS OF LAW -- 12 THE TREND OF THE LAW -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.