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.

Physical Description:

xvi, 375 p. : map.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

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:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Notes on the Arabic Text

Introduction: What Is Bedouin Law?

1. Justice without Government

2. Honor and Private Might in the Service of Justice

3. The Role of Collective Responsibility in Achieving Justice

4. The Role of Private Violence in Achieving Justice

5. The Role of Litigation in Achieving Justice

6. Laws Pertaining to Women, Property, and Sanctuary

Afterword: A Major Human Achievement

Notes

Glossary of Bedouin Legal Terms

Index of Cases and Conflicts and Associated Subjects

Index of Bedouin Tribal Confederations and Persons

General Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-35268-7

9786612352683

0-300-15325-2

OCLC:

816341783