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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791362803321

Autore

Goddard Michael (Michael Bruce)

Titolo

Substantial justice [[electronic resource] ] : an anthropology of village courts in Papua New Guinea / / Michael Goddard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Berghahn Books, 2009

ISBN

1-282-62781-3

9786612627811

1-84545-922-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (332 p.)

Disciplina

347.95302

Soggetti

District courts - Papua New Guinea

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Colonial law : an extended prelude to the village courts -- The administration of village courts -- Village courts on trial -- Three village courts and their social environments -- Village court politics -- Pari village court in action -- Konedobu village court in action -- Erima village court in action -- Between groups and individuals.

Sommario/riassunto

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 to the establishment of the village court system, and the local and global processes influencing the efforts of village co