Non-State Justice Institutions and the Law
Decision-Making at the Interface of Tradition, Religion and the State
Editors: Kötter, M., Röder, T., Schuppert, F., Wolfrum, R. (Eds.)
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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.
- About the authors
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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.
- Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Introduction: A Bifurcated Theory of Law in Hybrid Societies
Pages 1-21
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Pakistan: Jirgas Dispensing Justice without State Control
Pages 25-54
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South Sudan: Linking the Chiefs’ Judicial Authority and the Statutory Court System
Pages 55-79
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Ethiopia: Legal and Judicial Plurality and the Incorporation of Traditional Dispute Resolution Mechanisms within the State Justice System
Pages 80-99
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Bolivia: Normative Equality between State and Customary Law. Utopia or the Future of Hybrid Normative Systems?
Pages 100-120
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Non-State Justice Institutions and the Law
- Book Subtitle
- Decision-Making at the Interface of Tradition, Religion and the State
- Editors
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- M. Kötter
- T. Röder
- F. Schuppert
- R. Wolfrum
- Series Title
- Governance and Limited Statehood
- Copyright
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Copyright Holder
- Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited
- eBook ISBN
- 978-1-137-40328-5
- DOI
- 10.1057/9781137403285
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-1-137-40327-8
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-1-349-48694-6
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XIII, 252
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