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.
Topics include: Tribal OrganizationApplication of TribalismSocial DistinctionsThe Tribal IdeaJudicial OrganizationEvidence and Bedouin LawBloodmoney: Sinai and Western DesertDebtsLand DisputesInheritanceTrial by OrdealWounds and DamagesLaws Relating to WomenThe Anomalous Position of Bedouin Law
"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
