ABSTRACT
The treatment of the enthnographic data in this chapter is based on the contrasted uses of two models of reasonableness. The first approach is the Gluckman stereotypic version of the reasonable man, who represents the sterling virtues of conformity with custom, moral uprightness, and prudence. The other approach, initially set out by K. Llewellyn and E. Hoebel, and later developed by the former into his concept of the "Grand Style" of judging, is, perhaps, more difficult to comprehend. The ethnographic purist may raise some strong objections as to the reliability of Llewellyn and Hoebel's field data. Llewellyn and Hoebel provide an additional example of a girl who had left her husband, was similarly berated by her mother, and as a consequence, hanged herself. Llewellyn and Hoebel concentrate more on the act of suicide itself than on the initial infringement of the rule.
