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Title:An acephalous political system: the Nuer
Author:Mair, L.ISNI
Book title:African societies
Year:1974
Pages:123-136
Language:English
Geographic term:Sudan
Subject:Nuer
Abstract:Based on: 'The Nuer' by E.E. Evans-Pritchard (1940); and 'A manual of Nuer law', D.P. Howell (1954). The Nuer live in the southern Sudan. This chapter describes the maintenance of law and order by self-help and feud.