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Non-State Justice Institutions and the Law

Decision-Making at the Interface of Tradition, Religion and the State

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Editors:
  1. Matthias Kötter

    1. WZB Berlin Social Science Center, Germany

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  2. Tilmann J. Röder

    1. Max Planck Foundation for International Peace and the Rule of Law, Germany

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  3. Gunnar Folke Schuppert

    1. WZB Berlin Social Science Center, Germany

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  4. Rüdiger Wolfrum

    1. Max Planck Foundation for International Peace and the Rule of Law, Germany

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Part of the book series: Governance and Limited Statehood (GLS)

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This book focuses on decision-making by non-state justice institutions at the interface of traditional, religious, and state laws. The authors discuss the implications of non-state justice for the rule of law, presenting case studies on traditional councils and courts in Pakistan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Bolivia and South Africa.

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction: A Bifurcated Theory of Law in Hybrid Societies

    1. Introduction: A Bifurcated Theory of Law in Hybrid Societies

      • Brian Z. Tamanaha
      Pages 1-21

  4. Non-State Justice Institution and the Law: Conceptual Approaches

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 153-153
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    2. Non-State Justice Institutions: A Matter of Fact and a Matter of Legislation

      • Matthias Kötter
      Pages 155-187

    3. From Normative Pluralism to a Pluralism of Norm Enforcement Regimes: A Governance Research Perspective

      • Gunnar Folke Schuppert
      Pages 188-215

    4. Legal Pluralism from the Perspective of International Law

      • Rüdiger Wolfrum
      Pages 216-233

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 234-252
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Editors and Affiliations

  • WZB Berlin Social Science Center, Germany

    Matthias Kötter, Gunnar Folke Schuppert

  • Max Planck Foundation for International Peace and the Rule of Law, Germany

    Tilmann J. Röder, Rüdiger Wolfrum

About the editors

Katharina Diehl, Max Planck Foundation for International Peace and the Rule of Law, Germany. Girmachew Alemu Aneme, University of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Justice Ruben Madol Arol, Supreme Court of South Sudan, Juba, South Sudan Simone Malz, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Germany. Lorena Ossio Bustillos, Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy, Germany. Christa Rautenbach, North-West University, South Africa. Naveed Ahmad Shinwari, Community Appraisal and Motivation Programme (CAMP), Pakistan. Brian Z. Tamanaha, Washington University, Illinois, USA.

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