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

By: Favali, Lyda, 1969-.
Contributor(s): Pateman, Roy | ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, c2003Description: xviii, 371 p.Subject(s): Legal polycentricity -- Eritrea | Eritrea -- Politics and governmentGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 340.5/2635 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.