Working with customary justice systems
Subtitle: post-conflict and fragile states
By: Erica Harper, editor
Contributors: International Development Law Organization
Publisher: International Development Law Organization
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Rome
Language: eng
Number of pages: 203
ISBN-13: 9788896155059
Subjects: Customary law courts; Judicial process; Restorative justice
Other titles: Post-conflict and fragile states
Description: "Working with Customary Justice Systems: Post-conflict and Fragile States is a collection of articles from the 'Legal Empowerment and Customary Law Research Grants' program, where seven bursaries were awarded to scholar-practitioners to develop and conduct empirically grounded and evidence-based research programs to evaluate the impact of an empowerment-based initiative involving customary justice. The case studies illustrate that what is effective is situation-specific and contingent upon a variety of factors including, among others, social norms, the presence and strength of a rule of law culture, socioeconomic realities and national and geo-politics"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: ch. 1.; title: Bush justice in Bougainville : mediating change by challenging the custodianship of custom  -- Naomi Johnstone -- ch. 2.; title: Unlikely allies : working with traditional leaders to reform customary law in Somalia  -- Maria Vargas Simojoki -- ch. 3.; title: Gender equality on the horizon : the case of Uukwambi Traditional Authority, northern Namibia  -- Janine Ubink; title: ch. 4.; title: Two faces of change : the need for a bi-directional approach to improve women's land rights in plural legal systems  -- Amrita Kapur -- ch. 5.; title: Engaging with customary law to create scope for realizing women's formally protected land rights in Rwanda  -- Marco Lankhorst and Muriel Veldman -- ch. 6.; title: Rights or remedies? : Shopping for justice in Liberia's dualistic legal system  -- Justin Sandefur and Bilal Siddiqi -- ch. 7.; title: Land justice in Uganda : preserving peace, promoting integration  -- Maggie Carfield -- ch. 8.; title: The Community land titling initiative : an investigation into best practices for the protection of customary land claims -- Rachael Knight.