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Blood, land, and sex : legal and political pluralism in Eritrea / Lyda Favali and Roy Pateman.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, c2003.Description: xvi, 352 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0253342058 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0253215773 (paper : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 340.5/2635  21
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Contents:
Facts and ideas : the struggle for power and legitimacy -- From trad ition to globalization -- Changing leadership, unchanging law -- The tr ansitional period and attempts at legal reform -- From blood feud and b lood money to the state settlement of murder cases -- Land tenure on th e highland plateau -- Land disputes and conflict resolution -- The virg in, the wife, the spinster, and the concubine : gender roles and gender relations -- Female genital mutilation : symbol, tradition, or surviva l? -- Creating space in a changing world for traditional and religious law.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-333) and index.

Facts and ideas : the struggle for power and legitimacy -- From trad ition to globalization -- Changing leadership, unchanging law -- The tr ansitional period and attempts at legal reform -- From blood feud and b lood money to the state settlement of murder cases -- Land tenure on th e highland plateau -- Land disputes and conflict resolution -- The virg in, the wife, the spinster, and the concubine : gender roles and gender relations -- Female genital mutilation : symbol, tradition, or surviva l? -- Creating space in a changing world for traditional and religious law.

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