Bibliographic Details
Main Authors : |
Favali Lyda
(Auteur),
Pateman Roy
(Auteur) |
Format : |
Book |
Language : |
anglais |
Title statement : |
Blood, land, and sex : legal and political pluralism in Eritrea / Lyda Favali and Roy Pateman |
Published : |
Bloomington, IN :
Indiana University Press
, c2003
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Physical Description : |
XVI-352 p. |
Content : |
Facts and ideas : the struggle for power and legitimacy. From tradition to globalization. Changing leadership, unchanging law. The transitional period and attempts at legal reform. From blood feud and blood money to the state settlement of murder cases. Land tenure on the highland plateau. Land disputes and conflict resolution. The virgin, the wife, the spinster, and the concubine : gender roles and gender relations. Female genital mutilation : symbol, tradition, or survival?. Creating space in a changing world for traditional and religious law |
Subjects : |
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