> Also, I have doubts about how the Somali system would survive serious clan or national conflicts once they emerge, or how the problem of violence spiraling out of hand would be contained without a powerful central government.
A quote directly from the article, and I can only say, I suppose we are seeing that. Blood feuds, mass killings and kidnappings, rape, ...
This entire source article could only have been written with the sturdiest and most carefully constructed horse-blinders.
You might compare the violence with that in a very strict society, like the Soviet Union, or with any other country, whether Latin American countries lately, many African nation with various governments, or certain parts of North America (Dade might be a forerunner), though, so is the reason for violence in Somalia attributable to their form of law?
A quote directly from the article, and I can only say, I suppose we are seeing that. Blood feuds, mass killings and kidnappings, rape, ...
This entire source article could only have been written with the sturdiest and most carefully constructed horse-blinders.