Blood, land, and sex legal and political pluralism in Eritrea / [electronic resource] :
Lyda Favali and Roy Pateman.
- Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, c2003.
- xviii, 371 p.
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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