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Blood, land, and sex : legal and political pluralism in Eritrea /
In Eritrea, state, traditional, and religious laws equally prevail, but any of these legal systems may be put into play depending upon the individual or individuals involved in a legal dispute. Because of conflicting laws, it has been difficult for Eritreans to come to a consensus on what constitute...
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Bloomington :
Indiana University Press,
©2003.
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Table des matières:
- 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.