Substantial Justice

An Anthropology of Village Courts in Papua New Guinea

Inbunden, Engelska, 2009

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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 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 courts to deal with everyday disputes among grassroots Melanesians.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2009-07-01
Mått152 x 229 x 22 mm
Vikt581 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor334
FörlagBerghahn Books
ISBN9781845455613

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List of IllustrationsList of TablesList of AbbreviationsPreface and AcknowledgementsIntroduction Chapter 1. Colonial Law: An Extended Prelude to the Village CourtsChapter 2. The Administration of Village CourtsChapter 3. Village Courts on TrialChapter 4. Three Village Courts and their Social EnvironmentsChapter 5. Village Court PoliticsChapter 6. Pari Village Court in ActionChapter 7. Konedobu Village Court in ActionChapter 8. Erima Village Court in ActionChapter 9. Between Groups and IndividualsConclusion: The Local and the GlobalAppendix: The Offical Range of Offences Heard by Village CourtsReferencesIndex

“Because [Goddard’s excellent book] is rooted in ethnographies that are both thorough and comparative, it is for the most part convincing. To show that corruption is not a problem in these courts, he adds history to ethnography, demonstrating that magistrates maintained their integrity despite years of woefully inadequate pay… an outstanding defense of Village Courts’ policy and practices.” · Pacific Affairs