Dispute Settlement in Eastern Guinea-Bissau : Self-Presentations, Stories and Agency

ISBN-13: 9783643907400 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 428 str.

Anne-Kristin Borszik

Opis

'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 / Beitr ge zur Afrikaforschung, Vol. 72) Subject: African Studies, Legal Anthropology]

O autorze

Anne-Kristin Borszik is currently research fellow at the Chair of the Anthropology of Africa at the University of Bayreuth.