Favali, Lyda,   1969- <br/><br/>
Blood, land, and sex :  legal and political pluralism in Eritrea / 
Lyda Favali and Roy Pateman. 
 - Bloomington, IN :  Indiana University Press,  c2003. 
 - xvi, 352 p. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-333) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0253342058 (cloth : alk. paper) 0253215773 (paper : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2002-010945 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Legal polycentricity-- Eritrea.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>340.5/2635