Grassroots Law in Papua New Guinea

The introduction of village courts in Papua New Guinea in 1975 was an ambitious experiment in providing semi-formal legal access to the country's overwhelmingly rural population. Nearly 50 years later, the enthusiastic adoption of these courts has had a number of ramifications, some of them una...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Demian, Melissa (-)
Autor Corporativo: Australian National University Press, publisher (publisher)
Otros Autores: Demian, Melissa, editor (editor)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Canberra : ANU Press 2023.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Monographs in Anthropology Series
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: The magic of the court / Melissa Demian. Part I. Village courts and non-courts in action. 1. Legal consciousness and the predicament of village courts in a 'weak state': Internalisation of external authority in the New Guinea Highlands / Hiroki Fukagawa ; 2. Following an adultery case beyond the court: The making of legal consciousness in and around Nadzab Village Court, Markham River Valley / Juliane Neuhaus ; 3. 'Making kastam full' in the Sepik: The Awim village court as a spectral gift of shells / Tomi Bartole ; 4. Unmaking a village court: The invisible workings of an alternative dispute forum / Eve Houghton
  • Part II: The courts, the law and the Papua New Guinean state. 5. Keeping the sky up: Papua New Guinea's village courts in the age of capacity building / Michael Goddard ; 6. Collapsing the scales of law / Melissa Demian ; 7. A system that allows people to say sorry: An interview with Fiona Hukula / Transcribed and edited by Camila F Marinelli and Melissa Demian.