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

• Autore: Goddard Michael (Michael Bruce)
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Berghahn Books, 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (332 p.)
• Disciplina: 347.95302
• Soggetto topico: District courts - Papua New Guinea
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Substantial justice
• ISBN: 1-282-62781-3; 9786612627811; 1-84545-922-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910791362803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II