The family - Birth - Dedication - Education - Courtship and weddings - Position of women - Marriage - Mother-right - Tribal organisation - The state - Classes and ranks - Aristocratic type of public life - The prince and the nobles - Limitations of sovereign power - Court ceremonial - Warlike character - Casus belli - Military organisation - Modes of fighting - Sieges - Sea-fights - Treaties - The Malo - Respect for law - Laws of taboo - Punishment of those who violate taboo - Removal of taboo.

An Australian family-party from New South Wales. Original print by the Bibliographisches Institut. Leipzig
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The Family and State in Oceania

• The Family - Birth
• Consecration Into Adulthood
• Recognition of Children
• Courtship and Weddings
• Position of Women
• Tribal Organisation
• Class Divisions
• Aristocratic Type of Public Life
• The Prince and the Nobles
• The Laws of Taboo
• Court Ceremonial
• Respect for law
• Limitations of Sovereign Power
• Warlike Character
• Casus Belli
• Military Organisation
• Modes of Fighting - Sieges - Sea-Fighting
• Treaties - The Malo
• Removal of Taboo
• Cannibalism
• Infanticide

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