| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 375 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, photographs, map |
| Contents |
Introduction : what is Bedouin law? -- Justice without government -- Honor and private might in the service of justice -- The role of collective responsibility in achieving justice -- The role of private violence in achieving justice -- The role of litigation in achieving justice -- Laws pertaining to women, property, and sanctuary -- Afterword : a major human achievement |
| Summary |
Bedouin Lawfrom Sinai and the Negev is the first comprehensive study of Bedouin law published in English, including oral, pre-modern law. The material for the book, collected over the course of forty years of field work by Clinton Bailey, one of the worlds leading scholars on Bedouin culture, is of permanent scholarly value.Bailey shows how a nomadic desert-dwelling society provides for its own law and order in the traditional absence of any centralized authority or law enforcement agency to protect it. This comprehensive picture of Bedouin law, offers readers a unique opportunity to understand Bedouin law by highlighting the close connection between the law and the culture from which it emerged |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-358) and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Law, Bedouin.
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Bedouins -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Egypt -- Sinai
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Bedouins -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Israel -- Negev
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LAW -- Constitutional.
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LAW -- Public.
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LAW -- Indigenous Peoples.
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Bedouins -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Law, Bedouin
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Egypt -- Sinai
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Israel -- Negev
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2009025121 |
| ISBN |
9780300153255 |
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0300153252 |
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0300153244 |
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9780300153248 |
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