Note 581 — Chapter IV · RISE OF THE MARRIAGE CONTRACT
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Westermarck, op. cit., 390, 391. He enumerates the tribes in each continent among whom the custom is found. The subject is also discussed by Post, Familienrecht, 197, 217-20; idem, Geschlechtsgenossenschaft, 75; Letourneau, op. cit., 135-37; Bernhöft, "Ehe und Eherecht der griech. Heroenzeit," ZVR., XI, 321 ff. For examples see Kohler, in ZVR., V, 356, 357 (Malay tribes); VI, 333, 334, 338 n. 49, 167; VIII, 113; IX, 334; XI, 420.