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100 _aBarooah Jeuti
245 _aCustomary laws of the Garos of Meghalaya : With special reference to their land holding system
260 _aGauhati
_bLaw Research Institute
_c2007
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505 _aCONTENTS: FORWARD; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; 1. INTRODUCTION 1 – 18; The land and the people; Research Methodology; 2. CUSTOMARY LAWS OF THE GARO SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS 19 – 43; Family; Position of women; Marriage; Divorce; Custody and maintenance; Inheritance; 3. LAND HOLDING SYSTEM AMONG THE GAROS 44 – 63; Traditional management of a-king land; Traditional classification of land; Succession to a-king land; Classification of the land under the rules of Garo hills autonomous district council; Transfer of property; District council and land management; 4. ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE AMONG THE GAROS 64 - 76; Administration of justice during the post-independence period; Village court; Subordinate district council; District council court; Nokma; 5. CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS 77 - 83; APPENDICES 84 – 107; BIBLIOGRAPHY 108 - 111; GLOSSARY 112 – 113; INDEX 114 - 116.
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