African perspectives on tradition and justice
By: edited by Tom Bennett ... [et al.]
Publisher: Intersentia
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Cambridge; Portland, OR
Language: eng
Number of pages: 173
ISBN-13: 9781780680590
Subjects: Human rights; Justice; Customary law; Social life and customs
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 168-173).
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Giselle Corradi and Martien Schotsmans; title: Access to justice and human rights in the traditional courts of sub-Saharan Africa / Tom Bennett; title: Courts and the application of customary law in Malawi : towards the reintroduction of local courts / Kenan Tilombe Manda; title: Powers, rights and citizenship : the 'return' of the traditional authorities in Mozambique / Maria Paula G. Meneses; title: Traditional justice and human rights in post-war African countries : prospects and challenges / Joe A.D. Alie; title: Reinventing and validating the cosmology and ontology of restorative justice : hermeneutics of the traditional Acholi justice system in Northern Uganda / Daniel Komakech; title: Revisiting the legal and socio-political foundations and (Western) criticisms of gacaca courts / Felix Mukwiza Ndahinda and Alphonse Muleefu.