{"product_id":"substantial-justice-an-anthropology-of-village-courts-in-papua-new-guinea-9781845455613","title":"Substantial Justice: An Anthropology of Village","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tPapua New Guinea's village court system was introduced in 1974, partly in an effort to overcome the legal, geographical, and social distance between village societies and the country's formal courts. There are now more than 1100 village courts all over PNG, hearing thousands of cases each week. This anthropological study is grounded in ethnographic research on three different village courts and the communities they serve. It also explores the colonial historical background to the establishment of the village court system, and the local and global processes influencing the efforts of village courts to deal with everyday disputes among grassroots Melanesians.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“Because [Goddard’s excellent book] is rooted in ethnographies that are both thorough and comparative, it is for the most part convincing. To show that corruption is not a problem in these courts, he adds history to ethnography, demonstrating that magistrates maintained their integrity despite years of woefully inadequate pay… an outstanding defense of Village Courts’ policy and practices.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e· Pacific Affairs\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e \tList of Tables\u003cbr\u003e \tList of Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e \tPreface and Acknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eIntroduction \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/b\u003e Colonial Law: An Extended Prelude to the Village Courts\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/b\u003e The Administration of Village Courts\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/b\u003e Village Courts on Trial\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/b\u003e Three Village Courts and their Social Environments\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/b\u003e Village Court Politics\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/b\u003e Pari Village Court in Action\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/b\u003e Konedobu Village Court in Action\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/b\u003e Erima Village Court in Action\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/b\u003e Between Groups and Individuals\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eConclusion:\u003c\/b\u003e The Local and the Global\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eAppendix:\u003c\/b\u003e The Offical Range of Offences Heard by Village Courts\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tReferences\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042980331863,"sku":"9781845455613","price":96.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781845455613.jpg?v=1750956502","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/substantial-justice-an-anthropology-of-village-courts-in-papua-new-guinea-9781845455613","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}