Substantial justice
an anthropology of village courts in Papua New Guinea
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Author
Publication
2009 - Berghahn Books, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
77,750 words, Guess
Page Count
311 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL22843057M
- ISBN-139781845455613
- OCLC Control Number255894599
- Library of Congress Control Number2008053752
- LibraryThing9625860
Classifications
- DDC347.953/02
- LCCKWH334 .G63 2009
Description
"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."
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