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Land Contracts And Traditional Tenure, Sandra F. Joireman
Land Contracts And Traditional Tenure, Sandra F. Joireman
Political Science Faculty Publications
The goal of this project is to identify the current day policy implications of a traditional tenure system, rist or risti, with particular reference to the types of contractual agreements that existed under that system. In order to achieve this, the paper will begin with a reference to the importance of understanding the traditional systems of land tenure. Then, a brief description of the data set and available information will be given, followed by the preliminary results of the data and a description of the kinds of contractual arrangements found under the traditional system. This will be followed by …
Yemen: Human Rights In Yemen During And After The 1994 War, Sheila Carapico, Jermera Rone
Yemen: Human Rights In Yemen During And After The 1994 War, Sheila Carapico, Jermera Rone
Political Science Faculty Publications
During seventy days of conventional warfare between the government forces commanded by the Republic of Yemen Council President, General ’Ali ’Abdallah Salih, and the separatist southern army fighting in the name of the Yemeni Socialist Party (YSP), the government army won a military victory over the rebels and presided over the destruction of institutions and property of the former YSP-ruled People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen. The terms of national unity between the two Yemens, never fully resolved in either the May 1990 accord or elections in April 1993, were thus settled on the battlefield in favor of Salih’s northern-dominated military …