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Autore |
Favali Lyda <1969-> |
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Titolo |
Blood, land, and sex [[electronic resource] ] : legal and political pluralism in Eritrea / / Lyda Favali and Roy Pateman |
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Bloomington, IN, : Indiana University Press, c2003 |
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ISBN |
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9786612072109 |
1-282-07210-2 |
0-253-10118-2 |
0-253-10984-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (372 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Legal polycentricity - Eritrea |
Electronic books. |
Eritrea Politics and government |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 constitutes their legal system. In Blood, Land, and Sex, Lyda Favali and Roy Pateman examine the roles of the state, ethnic groups, religious groups, and the international community in several key areas of Eritrean la |
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