Full Description
This book is a completely revised version of a study published in 1943. That study, entitled Tribal Legislation among the Tswana of the Bechuanaland Protectorate, dealt with the role of chiefs as agents of social change and, in particular, with the changes they brought about by making new laws. It described the various kinds of legislative process current among the Tswana, and reviewed systematically the content and scope of the many laws made, from the earliest known instances up to the time of writing (1942), in eight different chiefdoms or 'tribes'; it also stated, where possible, why those laws were enacted, and discussed how far they really succeeded in establishing new ways of life.
Contents
PART I. THE CHIEF AS INNOVATOR I. SOCIAL CHANGE AMONG THE TSWANA 2. THE CHIEF AS INNOVATOR 3· ROLE OF THE ADMINISTRATION PART II. LAWS AND ACTS OF THE CHIEFS 4· TRIBAL GOVERNMENT 5· ECONOMIC LIFE 6. RELIGION AND MAGIC 7· DOMESTIC AND SOCIAL LIFE PART III. TSWANA CHIEFS AND SOCIAL CHANGE 8. MOTIVES FOR INNOVATION 9· CHIEFS AND PUBLIC OPINION 10. TSWANA CHIEFS AND SOCIAL CHANGE
