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 each week. This anthropological study is grounded in ethnographic research on three different village courts and the communities they serve.
It also explores the colonial historical background to the establishment of the village court system, and the local and global processes influencing the efforts of village courts to deal with everyday disputes among grassroots Melanesians.
| ISBN: | 9781845455613 |
| Publication date: | 1st July 2009 |
| Author: | Michael Goddard |
| Publisher: | Berghahn Books |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 334 pages |
| Genres: |
Social and cultural anthropology |
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 each week.
Substantial Justice features in the following genres: Social and cultural anthropology
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Substantial Justice was written by Michael Goddard and published by Berghahn Books
Substantial Justice has 334 pages
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