Justice and Judgment Among the Tiv

Paul Bohannan remained in England and was a lecturer in social anthropology at Oxford University until 1956 when he returned to the States taking up an assistant professorship in anthropology at Princeton University. In 1959, Bohannan left Princeton for a full professorship at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. From 1975 to 1982 he taught at the University of California, Santa Barbara. In 1982 he became dean of the social science and communications department at the University of Southern California (U.S.C.).[4] He retired from full-time teaching in 1987, but remained at U.S.C. as professor emeritus until his death.

'...a sympathetic and perceptive study.... deserves to be read.' African Affairs'...an important addition to our knowledge of how order is maintained... and the detailed analyses of cases are particularly valuable.' Journal of African Administration

• 1. The People and the Problem 2. The Grade-D Court 3. A Day in Court 4. The Structure of the Jir 5. Tiv Marriage Jir 6.Debt Jir 7. 'Criminal' Jir and the Problem of Self-Help 8. Market Jir and Age-set Jir 9. Moots: The Jir at Home