Non-State Justice Institutions and the Law

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Introduction: A Bifurcated Theory of Law in Hybrid Societies

   1. Introduction: A Bifurcated Theory of Law in Hybrid Societies

      • Brian Z. Tamanaha

      Pages 1-21

3. Recognizing Non-State Justice Institutions: Five Cases

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 23-23

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   2. Pakistan: Jirgas Dispensing Justice without State Control

      • Tilmann J. Röder, Naveed A. Shinwari

      Pages 25-54

   3. South Sudan: Linking the Chiefs’ Judicial Authority and the Statutory Court System

      • Katharina Diehl, Ruben Madol Arol, Simone Malz

      Pages 55-79

   4. Ethiopia: Legal and Judicial Plurality and the Incorporation of Traditional Dispute Resolution Mechanisms within the State Justice System

      • Girmachew Alemu Aneme

      Pages 80-99

   5. Bolivia: Normative Equality between State and Customary Law. Utopia or the Future of Hybrid Normative Systems?

      • Lorena Ossio Bustillos

      Pages 100-120

   6. South Africa: Legal Recognition of Traditional Courts — Legal Pluralism in Action

      • Christa Rautenbach

      Pages 121-151

4. Non-State Justice Institution and the Law: Conceptual Approaches

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 153-153

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   2. Non-State Justice Institutions: A Matter of Fact and a Matter of Legislation

      • Matthias Kötter

      Pages 155-187

   3. From Normative Pluralism to a Pluralism of Norm Enforcement Regimes: A Governance Research Perspective

      • Gunnar Folke Schuppert

      Pages 188-215

   4. Legal Pluralism from the Perspective of International Law

      • Rüdiger Wolfrum

      Pages 216-233

5. Back Matter

   Pages 234-252

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This book focuses on decision-making by non-state justice institutions at the interface of traditional, religious, and state laws. The authors discuss the implications of non-state justice for the rule of law, presenting case studies on traditional councils and courts in Pakistan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Bolivia and South Africa.

• Non-state justice institutions
• informal justice institutions
• traditional dispute resolution
• customary law
• law and development
• rule of law
• indigenous rights
• human rights
• Pakistan
• South Sudan
• South Africa
• Ethiopia
• Bolivia
• conflict
• constitution
• decision-making
• Governance
• government
• Institution

• WZB Berlin Social Science Center, Germany

  Matthias Kötter, Gunnar Folke Schuppert

• Max Planck Foundation for International Peace and the Rule of Law, Germany

  Tilmann J. Röder, Rüdiger Wolfrum

Katharina Diehl, Max Planck Foundation for International Peace and the Rule of Law, Germany. Girmachew Alemu Aneme, University of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Justice Ruben Madol Arol, Supreme Court of South Sudan, Juba, South Sudan Simone Malz, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Germany. Lorena Ossio Bustillos, Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy, Germany. Christa Rautenbach, North-West University, South Africa. Naveed Ahmad Shinwari, Community Appraisal and Motivation Programme (CAMP), Pakistan. Brian Z. Tamanaha, Washington University, Illinois, USA.

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