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Crime: Introduction to Anthropology of Law
Dr Yazid Ben-Hounet is a social anthropologist and a Research Fellow at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), affiliated with the Laboratoire d’Anthropologie Sociale (CNRS – Collège de France – EHESS) in Paris. He holds a PhD from the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), completed in 2006, and a habilitation (HDR) from the University of Paris in 2020. His academic work primarily explores the intersections of legal and political anthropology in Muslim societies, with a particular focus on North Africa. His research has delved into tribal issues in contemporary Algeria, local reconciliation processes in Algeria and Sudan, legal practices related to property, and kinship studies.