Blood, Land, and Sex: Legal and Political Pluralism in Eritrea

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Synopsis
Eritrea is a small country in northeast Africa on the Red Sea across from Yemen; it has a population of about 3.5 million. Its capital is Asmara. Djibouti is to its southeast, Ethiopia to its south and Sudan to its west. Eritrea's population was in the past organized on the kinship system and has been under Italian and Ethiopian domination but is now independent. This small country has many languages, many customs and several religions. In Eritrea, State, traditional, and religious laws are equally prevalent, but any one legal system 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 this book, the authors examine the roles of the state, ethnic groups, religious groups, and the international community in several key areas of Eritrean law--blood feud and murder, land tenure, gender relations (marriage, prostitution, rape), and female genital mutilation. Favali and Pateman explore the intersections of the various laws and discuss how change can be brought to communities where legal ambiguity prevails, often to the grave harm of women and other powerless individuals. This significant book focuses on how Eritrea and other newly emerging democracies might build pluralist legal systems that will be acceptable to an ethnically and religiously diverse population. LYDA FAVALI is a lawyer and researcher at the University of Turin, Italy. ROY PATEMAN is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Copyright:
2003

Book Details

Book Quality:
Excellent
Book Size:
353 Pages
ISBN-13:
9780253215772
Publisher:
Indiana University Press
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Lyda Favali and Roy Patemen
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
History, Nonfiction, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Sociology
Submitted By:
Terry Gorman
Proofread By:
Terry Gorman
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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