Law, dispute resolution and justice

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Abstract

International criminal court trials are a recent addition to the landscape of law, dispute resolution and “justice” in Africa. Legal anthropology has a rich history within the anthropology of Africa: many of the earliest ethnographers of law worked in Africa and concentrated on the study of legal disputes. The study of legal disputes has survived the many changes that have occurred in the discipline ‐ and the world ‐ since these early texts were published. This chapter considers some of the new contexts in which African legal realms are currently being analyzed, to enquire into the extent to which they build upon, and contest, earlier approaches. Three scholars stand out as pioneers of legal anthropology in Africa: Isaac Schapera, Paul Bohannan, and Max Gluckman. Dominic Ongwen's trial expresses that questions of law, dispute resolution, and justice are fundamentally questions about morality, agency, authority, and institutions.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationA Companion to the Anthropology of Africa
EditorsRoy Richard Grinker, Stephen Lubkemann, Christopher Steiner, Euclides Gonçalves
PublisherWiley-Blackwell
Chapter4
Pages81-96
Number of pages16
ISBN (Electronic)9781119251521
ISBN (Print)9781119251484
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 14 Jan 2019

Publication series

NameBlackwell Companions to Anthropology
PublisherWiley Blackwell

Keywords

  • dispute resolution
  • Dominic Ongwen
  • International criminal court
  • Isaac Schapera
  • justice
  • law
  • legal anthropology
  • Max Gluckman
  • Paul Bohannan

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