Bedouin Justice
Law and Custom Among the Egyptian Bedouin
Price: $160.00
Add to Cart- ISBN: 978-0-415-43902-2
- Binding: Hardback
- Published by: Routledge
- Publication Date: 29th November 2007
- Pages: 176
- Illustrations: 10 black & white illustrations.
About the Book
This volume was originally published in 1925 and is a digest of the law and practice of the Bedouin Courts, together with an account of desert life and customs.
Table of Contents
Topics include:
Tribal Organization
Application of Tribalism
Social Distinctions
The Tribal Idea
Judicial Organization
Evidence and Bedouin Law
Bloodmoney: Sinai and Western Desert
Debts
Land Disputes
Inheritance
Trial by Ordeal
Wounds and Damages
Laws Relating to Women
The Anomalous Position of Bedouin Law