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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... marriage, family, and divorce to understand how they affect women. To appreciate the status of women in African societies, an understanding of the workings of certain traditional institutions and their effect on the well-being and ...
... marriage, family, and divorce to understand how they affect women. To appreciate the status of women in African societies, an understanding of the workings of certain traditional institutions and their effect on the well-being and ...
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... marriage duties with him . . . This did not necessarily lead to chastity among men under forty years old and most young wives continued to become pregnant with monotonous regularity, no matter how ancient and senile their husbands were ...
... marriage duties with him . . . This did not necessarily lead to chastity among men under forty years old and most young wives continued to become pregnant with monotonous regularity, no matter how ancient and senile their husbands were ...
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... marriage and the Tiwi institution had been upheld, and everyone went home satisfied and full of moral rectitude. Seduction did not pay (as cited in Weitekamp 1999:78). the state and social control Restorative justice ceased to be the ...
... marriage and the Tiwi institution had been upheld, and everyone went home satisfied and full of moral rectitude. Seduction did not pay (as cited in Weitekamp 1999:78). the state and social control Restorative justice ceased to be the ...
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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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