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Law and Property in Algeria; Anthropological Perspectives

By Yazid Ben Hounet
Brill Academic Publishers February 2018

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ISBN-13
9789004357624
Publisher
Brill Academic Publishers
Publication
February 2018
Format
Hardback
Jurisdiction
Netherlands ? Countri(es) for reference only

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In spite of its privileged place on the African continent, in the Muslim world and in the Middle East and North Africa region, Algeria remains poorly known, and the works relating to contemporary Algerian society published outside of Algeria are rare. This book seeks to contribute to our understanding of Algerian society today, through its relationships to property and to law. Beyond this, the objective is to propose, in a comparative perspective proper to anthropology, new theoretical and methodological perspectives by which to apprehend the anthropology of law in a Muslim context. Algeria, as a post-colonial and post-Socialist State, whose population is overwhelmingly Muslim, proves to be a particularly interesting case to study.

Table of Contents

Anthropological Perspectives on Law and Property in Algeria. Introduction
Yazid Ben Hounet and Baudouin Dupret
Chapter 1. Land tenure and capital ownership in Algeria
Ammar Belhimer
Chapter 2. 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
Chapter 3. Rights of access or rights to bypass? Maritime concessions in Algeria
Tarik Dahou
Chapter 4. Dignity and honour: Struggles over land and legitimacy in the Soummam Valley
Judith Scheele
Chapter 5. Land appropriation, tenure and legal practices in a steppe-like environment (Algeria)
Yazid Ben Hounet
Chapter 6. Anomie and the post-colonial state: Local justice in the M’zab
Nejm Benessaiah
Chapter 7. To compensate or not to compensate? Law, property and Sahrawi refugees in Algeria
Alice Wilson
Chapter 8. Kafala and succession: The practices of transmission of name and goods to the adopted child
Emilie Barraud
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