The material culture and social institutions of the simpler peoples:  an essay in correlation

Hobhouse, L. T.; Wheeler, G. C.; Ginsberg, M.

The material culture and social institutions of the simpler peoples: an essay in correlation

Chapman and Hall • London • Published In 1915 • Pages: ??•

By Hobhouse, L. T., Wheeler, G. C., Ginsberg, M.

Hypothesis

"There is . . . [an] advance in the public enforcement of justice [as opposed to retaliation or private justice] as we ascend the scale [of economic development]" (61, 75)

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Comparison of percentages	Supported	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Economic Development	Independent	Tillage, Diet, Production And Supply
Private Or Public Justice	Dependent	Judicial Authority

Related Hypotheses

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Hobhouse, L. T.	1915	The figures show a regular increase of public control of marriage and public punishment for adultery with advancing economic development (166)	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Acheson, James M.	2015	Societies with high economic defendability are more likely to have private property regimes.	Mostly supported (26 of 35 societies)	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Hobhouse, L. T.	1915	"Among the [lower economic types] the number of cases in which tribal offenses alone are publicly punished is overwhelmingly greater than the number in which private offenses alone are so punished, while in the higher [economic] grades the relation is reversed" (79)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Rothstein, Bo	2014	"In a culture in which private and public goods are neatly separated both conceptually and customarily (i.e., in their access and management), there will be fewer problems in distinguishing what is corruption and what is not" (265).	Partially supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Hobhouse, L. T.	1915	"The communal principle predominates in the lower stages of culture and retains a small preponderance among the pastoral peoples and that private ownership tends to increase in the higher Agricultural stages" (253)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author

The material culture and social institutions of the simpler peoples: an essay in correlation

Chapman and Hall • London • Published In 1915 • Pages: ??• Cite

By Hobhouse, L. T., Wheeler, G. C., Ginsberg, M.

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Chapman and Hall • London • Published In 1915 • Pages: ??•