LAW AND ECONOMIC ORGANIZATION A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF PREINDUSTRIAL SOCIETIESPDF电子书下载

Introduction 1

1.Theories of legal evolution 6

Part one: classical theories of legal evolution 6

Part two: contemporary theories of legal development 32

Conclusion 48

2.A typology of legal institutions 50

Constructing a typology 50

Self- or kin-based redress 56

Advisor systems 66

Mediator systems 70

Elders’ and restricted councils 75

Chieftainships 86

Paramount chieftainships 91

State-level legal systems 95

Conclusion: a comparison with other typologies 98

3.Modes of production and the distribution of legal institutions 104

The concept of mode of production 106

Conflict, law, and the mode of production 109

Data analysis and findings 121

Nonstatistical summary 135

4.Modes of production and the functions of legal institutions 137

Food collectors: hunters, gatherers, and fishers 138

Pastoral societies 153

The cultivators: extensive agriculture 163

The cultivators: intensive agriculture 183

Summary 202

5.Conclusion: Materialism and legal systems 204

Appendixes 215

1.Sixty-society subsample by geographical region and subsistence type 215

2.Bibliographic sources for sixty-society subsample 217

3.Nonparametric measures of association 221

4.Social stratification by forces of production 222

5.Social stratification by social relations of production 228

6.Regression equations 233

7.Legal institution codes for sixty-society subsample 236

8.Legal institutions by social stratification 238

Bibliography 243

Index 259