Substantial justice : an anthropology of village courts in Papua New Guinea /
"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...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Berghahn Books,
2009.
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| Series: | Ebook Central Academic Complete Collection
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| Online Access: | CONNECT CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- Colonial law : an extended prelude to the village courts
- The administration of village courts
- Village courts on trial
- Three village courts and their social environments
- Village court politics
- Pari village court in action
- Konedobu village court in action
- Erima village court in action
- Between groups and individuals.
