Bedouin Justice

Law and Custom Among the Egyptian Bedouin

Austin Kennett

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Routledge
14 February 2013

Ethnic studies; Common law

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.

By: Austin Kennett
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 10mm
Weight: 330g
ISBN: 9780415846202
ISBN 10: 041584620X
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 14 February 2013
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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

Reviews for Bedouin Justice: Law and Custom Among the Egyptian Bedouin

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