LEADER 02449nam 2200517 a 450 001 9910493708603321 005 20170815145159.0 010 $a1-282-62781-3 010 $a9786612627811 010 $a1-84545-922-9 035 $a(CKB)2560000000012144 035 $a(EBL)544364 035 $a(OCoLC)645101082 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000442918 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12191294 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000442918 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10454403 035 $a(PQKB)11668219 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC544364 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000012144 100 $a20081211d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSubstantial justice$b[electronic resource] $ean anthropology of village courts in Papua New Guinea /$fMichael Goddard 210 $aNew York $cBerghahn Books$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (332 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-84545-561-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aColonial 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. 330 $aPapua 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 606 $aDistrict courts$zPapua New Guinea 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aDistrict courts 676 $a347.95302 700 $aGoddard$b Michael$g(Michael Bruce)$0867867 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910493708603321 996 $aSubstantial justice$92459167 997 $aUNINA