FAMILY LAW IN THE OSSETIAN ADATS' RECORDS
Abstract
The article examines some aspects of the Osset-ians family law as an important normative complex in the Adat system. Conditions of marriage are analyzed, and its main forms are characterized. Special attention is paid to such archaic forms of marriage as polygyny, levirate and sororate. Serving to preserve the family's economic integrity, they existed up to 1860s, despite the counteractions of the officials and the Orthodox Church. The detailed character of the family law proved a significant role of family as a collective subject of inter-community legal relationships. In general, the norms of the family law were supposed to maintain the balance of legal and economic statuses of members of traditional mountain community.
About the Author
E. I. Kobakhidze
K.L. Khetagurov North Ossetian State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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Kobakhidze E.I. FAMILY LAW IN THE OSSETIAN ADATS' RECORDS. Humanities and law research. 2017;(2):78-83. (In Russ.)
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