02971nam 2200613Ia 450 991045604610332120200520144314.097866120721091-282-07210-20-253-10118-20-253-10984-1(CKB)111087026942648(EBL)157776(OCoLC)52938716(SSID)ssj0000113291(PQKBManifestationID)11138835(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000113291(PQKBWorkID)10098648(PQKB)10707548(MiAaPQ)EBC157776(MdBmJHUP)muse16614(Au-PeEL)EBL157776(CaPaEBR)ebr10026397(CaONFJC)MIL207210(EXLCZ)9911108702694264820020712d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBlood, land, and sex[electronic resource] legal and political pluralism in Eritrea /Lyda Favali and Roy PatemanBloomington, IN Indiana University Pressc20031 online resource (372 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-253-21577-3 0-253-34205-8 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.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 laLegal polycentricityEritreaEritreaPolitics and governmentElectronic books.Legal polycentricity340.5/2635Favali Lyda1969-502457Pateman Roy251097MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456046103321Blood, land, and sex2186430UNINA