Dispute Settlement in Eastern Guinea-Bissau

Download or read book Dispute Settlement in Eastern Guinea-Bissau written by Anne-Kristin Borszik and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on 2016 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'There is no justice in Guinea-Bissau' many people lament in this West African country. Impunity and legal uncertainty tend to mark their interactions with judges, regulos (chiefs), police officers, or imams when they have become involved in a dispute. Based on case analysis, this book analyzes dispute settlers' self-presentations, stories told of them, and aggrieved parties' agency in semi-rural Guinea-Bissau. By introducing a typology of dispute settlers, as well as the concepts of person-bound dispute settlement and supporter activation, this book contributes to debates in legal anthropology. Dissertation. (Series: Contributions to African Research / BeitrÃ?¤ge zur Afrikaforschung, Vol. 72) [Subject: African Studies, Legal Anthropology]