| Description |
xviii, 371 p. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Legal polycentricity -- Eritrea.
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Eritrea -- Politics and government.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Pateman, Roy.
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
0253342058 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0253215773 (paper : alk. paper) |
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