Overview

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.

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Author:   Austin Kennett
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.330kg
ISBN:  

9780415846202

ISBN 10:   041584620
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   14 February 2013
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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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

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Mr Kennett, although he may have been tempted to deal weightily with a subject often so ponderous as the jurisprudence of a whole race, yet contrives to make his style and his subject matter as light as the desert sand... Times Literary Supplement

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