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Title Law and property in Algeria : anthropological perspectives / edited by Yazid Ben Hounet
Published Boston : Brill, 2018

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Series Studies in the History and Society of the Maghrib Ser
Studies in the History and Society of the Maghrib Ser
Contents Introduction: Anthropological perspectives on law and property in Algeria / Yazid Ben Hounet and Baudouin Dupret -- Land tenure and capital ownership in Algeria / Ammar Belhimer -- The legitimacy of tilling the land versus land use rights : Algerian farmers' land appropriation processes on public land / Hichem Amichi, Marcel Kuper and Sami Bouarfa -- Rights of access or rights to bypass? Maritime concessions in Algeria / Tarik Dahou -- Dignity and honour : struggles over land and legitimacy in the Soummam Valley / Judith Scheele -- Land appropriation, tenure and legal practices in a steppe-like environment (Algeria) / Yazid Ben Hounet -- Anomie and the post-colonial state : local justice in the M'zab / Nejm Benessaiah -- To compensate or not to compensate? Law, property and Sahrawi refugees in Algeria / Alice Wilson -- Kafala and succession : the practices of transfer of the "parent's" name and goods to an adopted child / Emilie Barraud
Notes "This volume was published with the support of the French National Agency for Research (ANR), as an outcome of the research project "Property in Moslem Transitional Environments" (PROMETEE) that was conducted within the frame of the German-French program FRAL and associated teams affiliated to the Centre Jacques-Berque (CJB) of Rabat and the Erlanger Zentrum fur Islam und Recht in Europa (EZIRE)."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Land tenure -- Law and legislation -- Algeria
Real property -- Algeria
Real property (Islamic law) -- Algeria
LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
Land tenure -- Law and legislation
Real property
Real property (Islamic law)
Algeria
Form Electronic book
Author Ben Hounet, Yazid, editor
LC no. 2017061118
ISBN 9789004362116
9004362118