Bedouin law from Sinai & the Negev : justice without government / Clinton Bailey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bailey, Clinton.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law, Bedouin.

Bedouins--Legal status, laws, etc--Egypt--Sinai.

Bedouins.

Bedouins--Legal status, laws, etc--Israel--Negev.

Bedouins--Legal status, laws, etc.

Israel--Negev.

Egypt--Sinai.

Physical Description:

xv, 375 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm

Other Title:

Bedouin law from Sinai and the Negev

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, [2009]

Summary:

"Bedouin Law from 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 world's 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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9780300153248

0300153244

OCLC:

317471823