Doing Justice without the State: The Afikpo (Ehugbo) Nigeria ModelRoutledge, 2006. júl. 25. - 280 oldal This study examines the principles and practices of the Afikpo (Eugbo) Nigeria indigenous justice system in contemporary times. Like most African societies, the Afikpo indigenous justice system employs restorative, transformative and communitarian principles in conflict resolution. This book describes the processes of community empowerment, participatory justice system and how regular institutions of society that provide education, social and economic support are also effective in early intervention in disputes and prevention of conflicts. |
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... of two legal systems, and their integration within the larger system of law within a modern African state, rather than the complete integration of Afikpo and other noncentralized African societies into a Western legal system at both the.
... of two legal systems, and their integration within the larger system of law within a modern African state, rather than the complete integration of Afikpo and other noncentralized African societies into a Western legal system at both the.
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... Western legal system at both the microjudicial and the macrojudicial level. Curiously, that which Professor Elechi prizes, harks back to the British colonial system in Nigeria which instituted a system of indirect rule developed in the ...
... Western legal system at both the microjudicial and the macrojudicial level. Curiously, that which Professor Elechi prizes, harks back to the British colonial system in Nigeria which instituted a system of indirect rule developed in the ...
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... western juridical systems, makes use of the police, courts, prisons and other governmental agencies of social control. No claim is made that the findings of the research can be generalized beyond the Afikpo community. The nature of the ...
... western juridical systems, makes use of the police, courts, prisons and other governmental agencies of social control. No claim is made that the findings of the research can be generalized beyond the Afikpo community. The nature of the ...
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... Western Africa, and the geographic coordinates are 10 00 N, 8 00 E. Nigeria is bounded on the West by the Republic of Benin, on the North by Niger and Chad, Cameroon on the East, and the Atlantic Ocean in the South. The political ...
... Western Africa, and the geographic coordinates are 10 00 N, 8 00 E. Nigeria is bounded on the West by the Republic of Benin, on the North by Niger and Chad, Cameroon on the East, and the Atlantic Ocean in the South. The political ...
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... Western views of African justice system as repressive and simplistic, and that African indigenous justice systems are not capable of respecting the rights of women, suspects and other litigants. Furthermore, with the current worldwide ...
... Western views of African justice system as repressive and simplistic, and that African indigenous justice systems are not capable of respecting the rights of women, suspects and other litigants. Furthermore, with the current worldwide ...
Tartalomjegyzék
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Chapter Three The CustomLaw Debate in the African Context | 45 |
Chapter Four Nigeria in PostColonial Africa | 75 |
Chapter Five Historical Overview of Afikpo Town | 97 |
Chapter Six Indigenous Institutions of Conflict Resolution in Afikpo | 117 |
Chapter Seven Afikpo Women and the Traditional Justice System | 147 |
Chapter Eight Responding to Breach of Custom Regulations and Other Offenses | 181 |
Research Methods | 225 |
Notes | 239 |
Selected Bibliography | 247 |
Index | 259 |
Back cover | 261 |
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Doing Justice without the State: The Afikpo (Ehugbo) Nigeria Model Ogbonnaya Oko Elechi Korlátozott előnézet - 2006 |
Doing Justice Without the State: The Afikpo (Ehugbo) Nigeria Model O. Oko Elechi Korlátozott előnézet - 2006 |
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