Non-state justice institutions and the law : decision-making at the interface of tradition, religion and the state /: decision-making at the interface of tradition, religion and the state. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Matthias Kötter, Research Fellow, WZB Berlin Social Science Center, Germany, Tilmann J. Röder, Managing Director, Max Planck Foundation for International Peace and the Rule of Law, Germany, Gunnar Folke Schuppert, Professor Emeritus, WZB Berlin Social Science Center, Germany, Rüdiger Wolfrum, Managing Director, Max Planck Foundation for International Peace and the Rule of Law, Germany.
• Editors: Kötter, Matthias, 1973-
• Contents: Introduction: A Bifurcated Theory of Law in Hybrid Societies: The Rule of Law and Non-state Justice; Brian Z. Tamanaha -- 1.1. The Recent Turn to Non-state Justice Institutions -- 1.2. How Hybrid Legal Situations Came About -- 1.3. A Bifurcated Law and Society -- 1.4. The Apparent Misfit with the Rule of Law -- 1.5. Conclusion -- PART I: RECOGNIZING NON-STATE JUSTICE INSTITUTIONS: FIVE CASES -- 1. Pakistan: Jirgas Dispensing Justice without State Control; Tilmann J. R̲der and Naveed A. ShinwarI -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Governance and Dispute Settlement in FATA -- 1.3. Legality and Legitimacy of Decision-Making in the Existing Framework -- 1.4. Conclusions -- 2. South Sudan: Linking the Chiefs' Judicial Authority and the Statutory -- Court System; Katharina Diehl, Ruben Madol Arol and Simone Malz -- 2.1. Introduction: Traditional Authorities and Customary Law in South Sudan -- 2.2. Contemporary Legal Framework of the Judicial System -- 2.3. Decision-Making in the Customary Court System -- 2.4. Interaction of Statutory Courts and Customary Courts Two Parallel Systems or Two Branches of the Same Legal Structure? -- 2.5. Conclusion: The Political Relevance of Chief Courts in the Post-Conflict Situa-tion of South Sudan -- 3. Ethiopia: Legal and Judicial Plurality and the Incorporation of Traditional -- Dispute Resolution Mechanisms within the State Justice System -- (Girmachew Alemu Aneme) -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. The State Justice System -- 3.3. The Incorporation of the Traditional Dispute Resolution Process of Shimglina within the State Justice System -- 3.4. The Non-State Justice Systems -- 3.5. Conclusions -- 4. Bolivia: Normative Equality between State and Customary Law. Utopia or the Future of Hybrid Normative Systems?; Lorena Ossio Bustillos -- 4.1. General Introduction to the Country and the Justice System -- 4.2. Authority System in Traditional Justice (Customary Law) -- 4.3. Constitutionalization and Legislation of Indigenous Law -- 4.4. The Mandatory Nature of the Indigenous Legal System -- 4.5. Conclusion -- 5. South Africa: Legal Recognition of Traditional Courts -- Legal Pluralism in Action; Christa Rautenbach -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Historical Context -- 5.3. Contemporary Legal Framework -- 5.4. Concluding Remarks -- PART II: NON-STATE JUSTICE INSTITUTIONS AND THE LAW: CONCEPTUAL APPROACHES -- 1. Non-state Justice Institutions: A Matter of Fact and a Matter of Legislation (Matthias K̲tter) -- 1.1. Non-State Justice Institutions and the Rule of Law -- 1.2. Various Degrees of Statehood and Non-State Justice Institutions -- 1.3. Incorporating Non-State Justice Institutions into the State Law System -- 1.4. Design of Regulations -- 1.5. Conclusion -- 2. From Normative Pluralism to a Pluralism of Norm Enforcement Regimes:A Governance Research Perspective; Gunnar Folke Schuppert -- 2.1. From 'Legal Pluralism' to 'Judicial Pluralism' -- 2.2. On the Enforcement Dimension of Every Normative Order -- 2.3. A Survey of the Diverse Regimes of Norm Enforcement: From Government Mandated Law Enforcement to Compliance Management within a Firm -- 2.4. A Few Critical Concluding Remarks -- 3. Legal Pluralism from the Perspective of International Law; Rudiger Wolfrum -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Legal Pluralism and International Law in General -- 3.3. Objectives Pursued through Legal Pluralism in Selected National Legal Systems -- 3.4. Conclusion.
• Publisher Details: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2015
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiii, 252 pages)
• Subjects: 341.2; Political science; Non-state actors (International relations); Non-governmental organizations; Rule of law; Justice; Customary law; LAW -- Government -- General; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- Judicial Branch; LAW -- International; Law & society -- Pakistan -- Sudan -- Ethiopia -- Bolivia; Human rights -- Pakistan -- Sudan -- Ethiopia -- Bolivia; Legal system: general -- Pakistan -- Sudan -- Ethiopia -- Bolivia; Customary law; Justice; Non-governmental organizations; Non-state actors (International relations); Rule of law; Law & society, sociology of law -- Pakistan -- Sudan -- Ethiopia -- Bolivia; Human rights, civil rights -- Pakistan -- Sudan -- Ethiopia -- Bolivia; Legal systems: general -- Pakistan -- Sudan -- Ethiopia -- Bolivia; Law; Political Science -- General; Law -- Reference; Law -- Public; Human rights; Political science & theory; Jurisprudence & philosophy of law; Constitutional & administrative law; International relations; Public law; Political Science -- International Relations -- General; International relations; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137403285; 1137403284; 9781137403278; 1137403276
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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