Kids Library Home

Welcome to the Kids' Library!

Search for books, movies, music, magazines, and more.

     
Available items only
E-Book/E-Doc

Title Local justice in southern Sudan / Cherry Leonardi [and others].

Imprint Washington, D.C. : U.S. Institute of Peace, ©2010.

Copies

Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Federal Documents Online  Y 3.P 31:19/NO.66    ---  Available
Description 1 online resource (94 pages) : illustrations.
text txt rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
Series Peaceworks ; no. 66
Peaceworks ; no. 66.
Note Title from title screen (viewed on Oct. 7, 2010).
"October 2010"--Page [1].
"A joint project of: United States Institute of Peace, Rift Valley Institute"--Cover.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 89-91).
Contents Introduction. Project context -- Project objectives and methodology -- Research sites -- Research findings. Courts, chiefs, and customary law -- Step by step : the processes and culture of dispute resolution -- Local perceptions of the justice system -- Choices of forum -- Alternative sources of resolution and mediation -- Areas of concern or conflict -- Implications and recommendations. The current status of local justice -- The question of recording customary law -- Criminal justice -- Human rights and local justice -- Priorities for reform -- Conclusion.
Summary This report analyzes the current justice system in Southern Sudan, focusing on the relationship between customary chiefs' courts and government courts and the ways that litigants navigate both types of courts in practice. Based on extensive interviews with litigants, chiefs, and court officials, the report argues that the line between chiefs' and government courts is blurred and that litigants prize the system's hybridity and flexibility, as they often seek restorative and consensual dispute resolution over retribution. The report's analysis suggests that current justice reform efforts, aiming at stricter jurisdictional limitations and the ascertainment of customary law, may reduce litigants' abilities to achieve the justice they want, undermine fairness, and exacerbate local conflict. Interventions should keep the current system's flexibility intact and focus on long-term education and information efforts. Where such knowledge resources are available, there is evidence that individual litigants deploy them in their disputes and cases, contributing to the gradual processes of change that the flexibility of local justice engenders.
Subject Justice, Administration of -- Sudan.
Customary law -- Sudan.
Courts -- Sudan.
Conflict management -- Sudan.
Conflict management. (OCoLC)fst00874778
Courts. (OCoLC)fst00881747
Customary law. (OCoLC)fst00885510
Justice, Administration of. (OCoLC)fst00985154
Sudan. (OCoLC)fst01204591
Added Author Leonardi, Cherry.
United States Institute of Peace.
Rift Valley Institute.
Gpo Item No. 1063-K-11 (online)
Sudoc No. Y 3.P 31:19/NO.66

 
    
Available items only