Substantial justice : an anthropology of village courts in Papua New Guinea /

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"Papua New Guinea's village court system was introduced in 1974, partly in an effort to overcome the legal, geographical, and social distance between village societies and the country's formal courts. There are now more than 1100 village courts all over PNG, hearing thousands of cases...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Goddard, Michael (Michael Bruce) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Berghahn Books, 2009.
Subjects:
District courts > Papua New Guinea.
Customary law courts > Papua New Guinea > National Capital District.
Customary law > Papua New Guinea > National Capital District.
Dispute resolution (Law) > Papua New Guinea > National Capital District.
Law and anthropology.
Tribunaux de district > Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée.
Droit et anthropologie.
LAW > Civil Procedure.
LAW > Legal Services.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Judicial Branch.
LAW > General.
Customary law.
Customary law courts.
Dispute resolution (Law)
District courts.
Social conditions.
National Capital District (Papua New Guinea) > Social conditions.
Papua New Guinea.
Papua New Guinea > National Capital District.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"Papua New Guinea's village court system was introduced in 1974, partly in an effort to overcome the legal, geographical, and social distance between village societies and the country's formal courts. There are now more than 1100 village courts all over PNG, hearing thousands of cases each week. This anthropological study is grounded in ethnographic research on three different village courts and the communities they serve. It also explores the colonial historical background of the establishment of the village court system, and the local and global processes influencing the efforts of village courts to deal with everyday disputes among grassroots Melanesians."
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvii, 311 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-302) and index.
ISBN:9781845459222
1845459229

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