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Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- FOREWORD -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION -- 1. INTRODUCTORY -- Sources, Methods, and Objectives -- Presentation and Orthography -- Note on Cattle Terminology -- 2. AN INTRODUCTION TO NUER SOCIETY -- Origin and History -- Topography and Ecology -- Social and Political Structure -- The Tribe and Tribal Segments -- The Meaning of the word cieng -- Custom or Law and the Sanctions for Conformity -- Restitutive Sanctions -- Traditional Scales of Compensation and the Formula of Compromise -- Legal Procedures and Political Authority in the Past -- The Appointment of Tribal Authorities Today -- Administrative Policy and the Evolution of Nuer Courts -- Courts and Tribal Structure -- CHAPTER II HOMICIDE AND BODILY INJURIES -- PART I HOMICIDE -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- Nuer Concepts Concerning Homicide -- Definition of Terms -- 2. BLOOD-FEUDS -- The Process of Settlement and the Functions of the Leopard-Skin Chief as Mediator -- The Leopard-Skin Chief concerned with the Individual -- The Leopard-Skin Chief concerned with Hostile Groups -- ji ran andji thunge -- Ceremonies, Rites, and Acts of Mediation Performed by the Leopard-Skin Chief in the Settlement of a Feud -- Terminology of Cattle Paid as Compensation -- Rates of Compensation -- Persons who are normally concerned in the Collection and Receipt of Compensation -- The Distribution of Bloodwealth -- Degree of Responsibility where Homicide is Committed Jointly -- 3. FORMS OF HOMICIDE AND COMPENSATION RECOGNIZED INNUER LAW -- Thung ran -- Thung loic ran -- Thung nyindiet -- Thung gwacka -- Thung yiika -- Biem -- 4. THE STATUS OF PERSONS IN CONNEXION WITH HOMICIDE -- Persons for whom Compensation was paid at Reduced Rates -- Dinka in the Category of Slaves