Legal dissonance the interaction of criminal law and customary law in Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea's two most powerful legal orders - customary law and state law -undermine one another in criminal matters. This phenomenon, called legal dissonance, partly explains the low level of personal security found in many parts of the country. This book demonstrates that a lack of coor...

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Hlavný autor: Larcom, Shaun
Médium: E-kniha
Jazyk:English
Vydavateľské údaje: New York, NY Berghahn Books 2015
Berghahn Books, Incorporated
Vydanie:1
Predmet:
Anthropology (General)
Criminal law
Criminal law-Papua New Guinea
Criminology
Customary law
Customary law-Papua New Guinea
Law Enforcement
Papua New Guinea
Political Freedom & Security
POLITICAL SCIENCE
POLITICAL SCIENCE / General
SOCIAL SCIENCE
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General
Sociological jurisprudence
Sociological jurisprudence-Papua New Guinea
Sociology
Anthropology (General)
ISBN:1782386491, 9781782386490, 9781782386483, 1782386483
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  • Legal dissonance: the interaction of criminal law and customary law in Papua New Guinea -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Customary Law and the State Criminal Law -- Chapter 2. Historical Overview of the State, Criminal Law and Customary Law -- Chapter 3. Empirical Study of the Sanction of Wrongs in the New Guinea Islands -- Chapter 4. Legal Dissonance in Papua New Guinea -- Chapter 5. Past Reforms that Failed -- Conclusion -- References -- Index.
  • Front Matter Table of Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1: Customary Law and the State Criminal Law Chapter 2: Historical Overview of the State, Criminal Law and Customary Law Chapter 3: Empirical Study of the Sanction of Wrongs in the New Guinea Islands Chapter 4: Legal Dissonance in Papua New Guinea Chapter 5: Past Reforms that Failed Conclusion References Index
  • Legal Dissonance -- Legal Dissonance - The Interaction of Criminal Law and Customary Law in Papua New Guinea - Shaun Larcom -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Customary Law and the State Criminal Law -- Chapter 2 Historical Overview of the State, Criminal Law and Customary Law -- Chapter 3 Empirical Study of the Sanction of Wrongs in the New Guinea Islands -- Chapter 4 Legal Dissonance in Papua New Guinea -- Chapter 5 Past Reforms that Failed -- Conclusion -- References -- Index
  • Chapter 5 Past Reforms that Failed --
  • References --
  • Contents --
  • Introduction Papua New Guinea, Legal Pluralism, and Law and Economics --
  • Index
  • Illustrations --
  • Acknowledgements --
  • Chapter 2 Historical Overview of the State, Criminal Law and Customary Law --
  • Chapter 3 Empirical Study of the Sanction of Wrongs in the New Guinea Islands --
  • Conclusion Reforming the Prosecution Process --
  • Frontmatter --
  • Chapter 4 Legal Dissonance in Papua New Guinea --
  • Chapter 1 Customary Law and the State Criminal Law --